Original 19th-century English line engraving of The Blind Fiddler: a blind itinerant fiddler plays for a country family, listening intently in the kitchen of their house. After the painting by Sir David Wilkie, engraved by C. Marr and published in London by George Virtue.
Original 19th-century English line engraving of The Blind Fiddler: a blind itinerant fiddler plays for a country family, listening intently in the kitchen of their house. After the painting by Sir David Wilkie, engraved by C. Marr and published in London by George Virtue.
Medium: Line engraving on paper
Artist / after: Sir David Wilkie (1785-1841)
Engraver / lithographer: Charles W. Marr (active 1821-1836)
Date: about 1833-1834
Source: London, George Virtue
Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.1 in (27.8 x 20.6 cm)
Condition: Foxing spread across the whole sheet, denser in the margins; the plate mark is intact and the image reads well