Franciscus Hals Pictor.In the Collection of John Blackwood Esq.r
Wbaillie sculp. Seipse Pinxit
[n.d., c.1800.]
Etching, 300 x 240mm. 12 x 9½".
Portrait of Dutch portrait painter Frans Hals (?1581-1666). Engraved by Captain 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: 12269] £180.00
[n.d., c.1800.]
Etching, 300 x 240mm. 12 x 9½".
Portrait of Dutch portrait painter Frans Hals (?1581-1666). Engraved by Captain 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: 12269] £180.00