Date of Printing: 1848 • Medium: Mezzotint • Subject Category: Social & Historical Settings • Signed: Unsigned • Period Created: Romantic (1800 - 1899) • Plate Size HxWxD cm: 21 x 16.2 • Leaf Paper Size HxW cm: 35 x 26 • Style: FOLIO Original Vintage • Print on Verso: Blank on verso • Condition: Excellent • Edition Type: Limited Edition • Paper Type: Heavy Unbleached Cotton Rag • Framed: Print only
"The Hermit - painted by Gerhard Douw, Engraved by Robert Wallis. The Picture in the Dresden Gallery."
From "The Wilkie gallery : a selection of the best pictures of the late Sir David Wilkie, R.A., including his Spanish and Oriental sketches, with notices biographical and critical", published in 1848, creator; Virtue, George, 1793?-1868, publisher; Clay, Richard, 1789-1877, printer; Holl, Francis, 1815-1884, cheif engraver
Slight foxing around edges, otherwise excellent.