A blind bag-piper playing to a family inside a cottage. Etching by E. Goodall after F. Goodall, 1848.

  • Goodall, Frederick, 1822-1904.
Date:
[1848]
Reference:
667110i
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Description

Said to be set in Ireland, but in emulation of Scottish works by David Wilkie; a painting by F. Goodall of a similar composition, dated 1847, is known as "The Irish piper" (Victoria and Albert Museum). The piper's audience is a family consisting of a young woman, three children and an old woman. Among the details of the interior are the old woman's spectacles resting on an open bible, left

Publication/Creation

[London] : [Art Union], [1848]

Physical description

1 print : etching ; image 34 x 46.5 cm

Contributors

Lettering

F. Goodall, 1848 British Museum catalogue records lettering "Etched by E. Goodall from a picture by F. Goodall / Art Union of London." Signature and date "F. Goodall, 1848" is etched on the side of a table within the picture

Edition

State before addition of engraving and lettering.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 667110i

Type/Technique

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