About the Artwork
Marine View with Fleet of Transports
18th century
William Baillie
1723-1810
English
Unknown
Etching printed in black ink on wove paper
Plate: 4 7/8 × 6 inches (12.4 × 15.2 cm) Sheet: 8 5/8 × 9 5/8 inches (21.9 × 24.4 cm)
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Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S40
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed unclearly in plate, center bottom margin: Militia est [ ]otior Bottom right edge of plate: drawn on y. [ ] Expedition & engraved by WB 17 [last two digits erased from plate]
Provenance
October 1886, C. A. Henriques sale. 1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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William Baillie, Marine View with Fleet of Transports, 18th century, etching printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S40.
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