About the Artwork
Parish Orphans
1770
William Baillie
1723-1810
English
Unknown
Mezzotint printed in black ink on laid paper
Plate: 14 × 10 inches (35.6 × 25.4 cm) Sheet: 18 1/2 × 14 1/8 inches (47 × 35.9 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S55
Public Domain
Markings
Inscribed, in plate, lower left: Painted by Le Nain. Inscribed, lower center: PARISH ORPHANS. Inscribed, lower right: Engrav'd by Captn. Baillie 1770 | Publish'd 1st: May 1771
Provenance
Oct. 1886, sale, (C. A. Henriques).1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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William Baillie, Parish Orphans, 1770, mezzotint printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S55.
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