Print Description
Original antique master print showing the interior of a bordello, a woman sitting at a table spread with food, a man putting his arms around her neck, another man playing a lute to a lady sitting in the foreground, smiling back over her shoulder towards the viewer, holding a bottle, a dog at her feet, a woman looking in at the open door in the background to left, and a man dancing and playing the fiddle.
Made by W. Baillie after Molenaar.
Medium: Mezzotint engraving and etching with hand colouring. on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 33.5 x 42 cm (13.19 x 16.54 inch). Image size: 32.5 x 41 cm. (12.8 x 16.14 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Narrow margins. Bottom left corner repaired. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
PLAYING MUSIC-LUTE-BORDELLO-FIDDLE | DPO-A2-003-15
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Published in Britain, dated 1774.
Biography engraver: William Baillie (1723-1810), British printmaker. Retired from the army in 1761; commissioner of stamps from 1773-1795. Amateur printmaker, who became a quasi-professional. Sold all his plates to Boydell (who reprinted them in a collected edition in 1792 and 1803), but continued to etch. Main business was as a picture dealer, and he was the main agent for the Earl of Bute. Died Paddington 22 December 1810.
Biography artist: Jan Mense Molenaar (1610-1668), Dutch painter and etcher, active in Haarlem.
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