Print Description
Original master print, titled: ‘The Truants’. It shows two truant boys are being admonished by their father who sits with a leg propped up from gout. The man who found them kneels beside the boys, revealing their bounty of apples and pears. Two younger boys are watching in awe from the background.
Made by William Ward after William Redmore Bigg.
Medium: mezzotint engraving / etching with original old hand colouring on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 63 x 50 cm (24.8 x 19.69 inch). Image size: 61 x 48 cm. (24.02 x 18.9 inch).
Condition: fair, given age. All edges reinforced with paper tape. Lower right corner with a repaired tear. Backed chipped lower left corner. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
TRUANT-BOY-FATHER-GOUT | DP-A1-002-16
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Original antique master print. Our definition of a Master Print is a seperately published print or series of prints, not being an illustrative print to a text. These can both be prints made by old masters (artists) or prints made by others (artists, engravers, etchers) after old masters. Artists and Engravers: Engraved by Ward after a painting by Bigg. This print was published by W.R. Bigg, in 1796.
Biography engraver: William Ward (1762-1826) was an English engraver. During his lifetime he was appointed engraver to the Duke of York, and associate engraver to the Royal Academy. He not only worked closely with George Morland, but also married Morland’s sister Maria.
Biography artist: William Redmore Bigg (1755-1828) was an English painter. He studied at the Royal Academy under Eward Penny. Bigg’s greatest pleasure lay in painting children. He produced small portraits and rustic genre pieces.
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