Description: Print Specifics: Type of print: Intaglio (Steel engraving) - Original antique printYear of printing: not indicated in the print - actual 1860Artist - Engraver: Wilkie - Greatbach Publisher: Virtue & Company, London. Condition: 1 (1. Excellent - 2. Very good - 3. Good - 4. Fair)Dimensions: 9 x 12.75 inches (23 x 32 cm), including blank margins (borders) around the image. Paper weight: 1-2 (1. Thick - 2. Heavier - 3. Medium heavy - 4. Slightly heavier - 5. Thin)Reverse side: BlankNote: (1) Green color around the print in the photo is a contrasting background on which the print was photographed. (2) The detail of the print is sharper than the photos of the print. Original Narrative: Blind Man's Buff : To the Scottish people Wilkie must be peculiarly dear, for he may be called their painter of life and manners; and universally interesting as are his works, they contain a variety of traits so peculiarly national, as only, perhaps, to be fully appreciated by the land which originated them. THE name of Wilkie is, yet green in the memory of every lover of Art, whether of high or low degree, and will continue to be so as long as a single picture he painted remains undestroyed, or an engraving from his works is in existence: crowned heads contended for the possession of the former, and the cottage of the peasant and the home of the artizan are made more cheerful by the presence of the latter. From the depths of the dark blue ocean, to which amid the solemn stillness of midnight his mortal remains were consigned, the spirit of the painter, speaking through his works, creates in those who look at them a corresponding spirit of joyousness and pleasure; they are like draughts of living waters, refreshing the weary traveller on his path through this feverish, toiling, restless world of ours. The picture of " Blindman's Buff " is one of the famous series of works whereon the great fame of the author will ever rest. It is one, comparatively, of his earliest productions, having been painted in 1812, for the Prince Regent. In a large " keeping-room," as such apartments are often called in the country—and a very large one it must be, looking at the perspective, and the number of persons who are in it, with ample space for their sport—a company of youths and maidens, young boys and girls, is seen in the full tide of enjoyment, at the boisterous but good old-fashioned game which gives the title to the picture. Wilkie has not only shown his skill in giving a real natural view of the game, with all its fun, tricks, and flirtations, but in the artistic groupings of the figures, and in the drawing, it is no less manifest. If is not an easy matter to represent such a scene without some approach at least:, to the burlesque; there is here, however, humour without exaggeration, and common life without vulgarity. The picture is in the Royal Collection at Buck- ingham Palace; it is distinguished by all the care and nicety of his finest works, and is in admirable Martin2001 Satisfaction Guaranteed Policy! Any print purchased from me may be returned for any (or no) reason for a full refund including all postage. Internet seller since 1998.Five-star service.
Price: 28 USD
Location: Manassas, Virginia
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Artist: Wilkie
Listed By: Martin2001
Production Technique: Intaglio
Material: Paper
Date of Creation: 1860
Print Type: Steel engraving
Features: Not-framed
Dimensions: 9 x 12.75" (23 x 32 cm)
Subject: Figures
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Print Surface: Paper
Type: Print
