Vintage Print: THE BLIND FIDDLER april 1811 - Henry Vizetelly / David Wilkie

Description

this is a vintage print, the print size is aprox 16 x 22 with the paper larger, it has been folded along the print edge on 3 sides, and the paper edges are as shown.
the original painting of this image was done in 1806 and is in the TATE MUSEUM
In this early work by Scottish-born David Wilkie an itinerant fiddler is playing for a humble country family. Wilkie focuses on the listeners’ different expressions. Only two people seem to respond to the music: the baby and the boy on the right, who is imitating the fiddler by playing the bellows. When this picture was exhibited at the Royal Academy some critics thought the bust on the shelf represented a dissenting minister, and concluded that the family were nonconformists. The power of music to stir the passions of those supposedly suspicious of pleasure was thought to add to the painting’s subtlety.
location of item: flat map 3 then in drawer 1 at the top -- 118