The Blind Fiddler (after Sir David Wilkie)
John Burnet (Musselburgh 1784 - Stoke Newington 1868)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
wood, glass & paper
Measurements
440 x 570 mm; 550 mm (Height); 680 mm (Width)
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 286013
Summary
Print, engraving, The Blind Fiddler (after Sir David Wilkie) by John Burnet (Musselburgh 1784 – Stoke Newington 1868). The fiddler is shown playing before a family group in a crowded interior. They are grouped before the fireplace, the fiddler seated on a chair with his bags beside him.
Marks and inscriptions
THE BLIND FIDDLER (printed under the image)
Makers and roles
John Burnet (Musselburgh 1784 - Stoke Newington 1868), engraver (printmaker) Sir David Wilkie, RA (Cults 1785 - Malta 1841), artist