Rare Print, Captain William Baillie engraving of Teniers Painting, pub. 1771

Description: Rare Print, Captain William Baillie engraving of David Teniers II painting ascribed as “A tavern interior with boors playing cards”, published December 23, 1771 as marked on the print title. Printed as an engraving mezzotint in 1824 years later after the estate transfer. Hence the watermark stating “1824 J. Whatman”. Condition is good/acceptable. Please refer to photo album for condition. Excellent find, extremely rare! (Background) Lot Essay from “Christie’s Auction” David Teniers II returned repeatedly to the subject of tavern interiors with card games, often with two figures seated at a small wooden table surrounded by smoking and drinking bystanders, throughout his prolific career. These paintings take up a theme that had been popularized by Adriaen Brouwer in the 1630s. As is typical of Teniers’ approach to this subject, the central narrative takes place in the shallow foreground space, with carefully drawn still life elements arranged along the bottom edge and subsidiary figures in the background. Among Teniers’ favored elements, as here, was the inclusion of the innkeeper seen departing through an open door in the painting’s background. This painting once belonged to Sir James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale at Lowther Castle, as recorded in a mezzotint by Captain William Baillie executed in reverse and dated 1771 (fig. 1). The painting had evidently left Lowther Castle by the early 1830s, for John Smith (loc. cit.) only knew of it through Baillie’s print.

Price: 2000 USD

Location: Brookhaven, Mississippi

End Time: 2025-02-02T05:40:57.000Z

Shipping Cost: 30 USD

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Artist: Engraver: Captian William Baillie, Artist: David Teniers

Unit of Sale: Single Piece

Image Orientation: Portrait

Size: Large

Signed: No

Period: Teniers Painting: Mid 1600, Baillie Engraving: 1770-1824

Title: From A Painting By D: Teniers…

Material: Paper

Item Length: 16 in

Original/Licensed Reprint: Original

Framing: Unframed

Subject: Famous Paintings/Painters, Culture, Card Game, Societal Life, Cityscapes, Family, England, Hotels & Restaurants, Houses, Landscape, London, Working Life, Poker, Bar, Drinking

Personalize: No

Type: Print

Year of Production: 1824

Item Height: 22 in

Theme: Art, Cultures & Ethnicities, Domestic & Family Life, Social History, Architecture, Cities & Towns, Celebrities, Community Life, Continents & Countries, Events & Festivals, Famous Places, History, Natural History, People

Style: Illustration Art

Features: 1st Edition

Production Technique: Engraving

Culture: European

Handmade: No

Time Period Produced: 1750-1850