![[Decorative scene.]](jpegs/12223.jpg)
[Decorative scene.]
Engraved by Cap.t Baillie from a Drawing by Romanelli.
June ye. 5 1778
Stipple engraving, 255 x 200mm. 10 x 8". Later issue c.1800.
Decorative scene after Giovanni Francesco Romanelli (1610-62). Engraved by William Baillie (1723-1810). Baillie retired from the army in 1761 with the rank of Captain and thereafter devoted himself to printmaking and dealing. He specialised in imitating old-master drawings and prints, using a variety of printmaking techniques.
Timothy Clayton and Anita McConnell, ‘Baillie, William (1723–1810)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
[Ref: 12223] £160.00
June ye. 5 1778
Stipple engraving, 255 x 200mm. 10 x 8". Later issue c.1800.
Decorative scene after Giovanni Francesco Romanelli (1610-62). Engraved by William Baillie (1723-1810). Baillie retired from the army in 1761 with the rank of Captain and thereafter devoted himself to printmaking and dealing. He specialised in imitating old-master drawings and prints, using a variety of printmaking techniques.
Timothy Clayton and Anita McConnell, ‘Baillie, William (1723–1810)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
[Ref: 12223] £160.00