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Object Type
print
Museum number
1861,1109.214
Description
Rustic interior with five peasants grouped around a wooden table, two smoking pipes, one passing a cup to a seated woman, and the last at the end of the table, his hand on five stacked glasses, his elbow on the back of his chair, turning to smile towards the viewer, clothes hanging on a line strung across the ceiling; after Adriaen van Ostade; state after mezzotint added. 1765 Etching and mezzotint
Producer name
After:
Adriaen van Ostade
Print made by:
Captain William Baillie
School/style
British
Dutch
Production date
1765
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
mezzotint
Dimensions
Height:
309 millimetres
(trimmed)
Width:
261 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
For another impression see also 1870,0813.632.
Bibliographic references
Meyer 1872-85 / Allgemeines Künstler-Lexikon
(68.III)
Chaloner Smith 1883 / British Mezzotinto portraits from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century
(undescribed)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
domestic life
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
A E Evans & Sons
Acquisition date
1861
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1861,1109.214