La Petite Ecoliere (after Johann Eleazar Schenau)
Johann Georg Wille (Konigsberg 1715 - Paris 1808)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1771
Materials
Paper
Measurements
470 mm (H)400 mm (W)375 mm (H)304 mm (W)
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Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 1397874
Summary
Print, engraving, La Petite Ecoliere (after Johann Eleazar Schenau) by Johann Georg Wille (Königsberg in Bayern 1715 - Paris 1808) . Girl at a window holding a bird, with coat-of-arms below. Inscription 'La Petite Ecoliere, Proof before letters, J.G. Wille (pencil note 1715-1808), from the Walter Collection, Drayton Hall, Norfolk'. Note on back of frame 'Given to me by Major H.C. Dart of Cromer, Oct 14th 1935, RWKC'. Label 'A.H. Fox Ltd, Framer, Cromer'.
Provenance
Part of the Windham Collection. The hall and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust in 1969 by Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer (1906-1969)
Makers and roles
Johann Georg Wille (Konigsberg 1715 - Paris 1808) , engraver (printmaker) Johann Eleazar Schenau (1737 - 1806), original artist