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THE RABBIT ON THE WALL
Artist: Sir D. Wilkie ____________ Engraver: W. Greatbach |
Note: the title in the table above is printed below the engraving
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AN ANTIQUE STEEL ENGRAVING MADE IN THE LATE 1870s!! ITEM IS OVER 130 YEARS OLD!
FROM THE ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: This picture will always maintain the high rank critics and collectors have assigned to it among the pictures of the artist for quiet genuine humor and pleasant expression; while for technical qualities of Art it has rarely been excelled even by the best masters of the Dutch genre school.
The day's work over, a young rustic amuses himself and others by so placing his fingers as to produce a shadow like that of a rabbit, and very earnest he seems in "setting his model," keeping his eyes steadfastly fixed on the wall to ascertain how the little animal " comes out; " this it does most satisfactorily to the juvenile spectators, who, one and all, are evidently delighted with the exhibition, and even the mother looks amused, though perhaps more at seeing the enjoyment of the kids than for any special interest she may feel in the performance itself. All the accessories of the picture are painted with evident truth; the room appears to be that ordinarily used as the kitchen of the cottage, whose tenant is doubtless in comfortable circumstances, probably a bailiff or game-keeper, for there is a fishing-rod attached to the beams of the ceiling and a couple of wild-ducks hang near the plate-rack on the wall; a pony or donkey may be assumed to form part of the establishment, for a bridle, blinkers. &c.. are visible.
PRINT DATE: This lithograph is over 120 years old having been printed in the late 1870s; it is not a modern reproduction in any way
PRINT SIZE: Overall print size is 9 inches by 12 inches including white borders, actual scene is 6 1/2 inches by 8 inches.
PRINT CONDITION: Condition is fine. Bright and clean. Blank on reverse.
ARTIST: BIOGRAPHY OF ARTIST: Sir David Wilkie (1785-1841) was a Scottish genre painter. He studied in Edinburgh and at the Royal Academy and won early popularity with his admirable little scenes of everyday life. Anecdotal painting was established in England with Wilkie's success. After traveling on the Continent, he turned to portraiture and historical painting. He became painter-in-ordinary to George IV and was knighted in 1836. Well-known examples of his work, including The Blind Fiddler, The Village Festival,and Blind Man's Bluff,are in the National Gallery and in the Tate Gallery, London.
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Please note: the terms used in our auctions for engraving, heliogravure, lithograph, print, plate, photogravure etc. are ALL prints on paper, NOT blocks of steel or wood. "ENGRAVINGS", the term commonly used for these paper prints, were the most common method in the 1700s and 1800s for illustrating old books, and these paper prints or "engravings" were inserted into the book with a tissue guard frontis, usually on much thicker quality rag stock paper, although many were also printed and issued as loose stand alone prints. So this auction is for an antique paper print(s), probably from an old book, of very high quality and usually on very thick rag stock paper.
EXTREMELY RARE IN THIS EXCELLENT CONDITION!
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