1774 Smoking by Candlelight, mezzotint by W. Baillie after Gerard Dou, genre

Mezzotint

William Baillie, English, 1723-1810

Etching printed in black ink on wove paper.

Overall size: 42.3 x 31.5 cm

Signed in plate, lower right corner of image: WBaillie

Dow/Douw, 1613-1675) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, specialised in genre scenes and his candle-lit night scenes.