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[Bacchus and Ariadne.]  From a Drawing of Franceschini.
[Bacchus and Ariadne.] From a Drawing of Franceschini.
W. Baillie f.
Publish'd Jan. 2.nd 1772 [but c.1800].
Stipple engraving. 295 x 260mm (11½ x 10¼").
Bacchus and Ariadne being transported upwards on a cloud by three figures, one playing a pipe, another a tambourine, the third holding a crown of stars above Ariadne's head. The plate was Engraved by Captain William Baillie (1723-1810) after Marc Antonio Franceschini (1648-1729). Baillie retired from the army in 1761 and devoted himself to printmaking and dealing. He specialised in imitating old-master drawings and prints, using a variety of printmaking techniques.
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