The Blind Fiddler
| The Blind Fiddler | |
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| Artist | David Wilkie |
| Year | 1806 |
| Type | Oil on mahogeny, genre painting |
| Dimensions | 57.8 cm × 79.4 cm (22.8 in × 31.3 in) |
| Location | Tate Britain, London |
The Blind Fiddler is an 1806 genre painting by the Scottish artist David Wilkie.[1] [2] It was submitted to the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition at Somerset House. Only the second painting Wilkie had publicly displayed, it confirmed his reputation as a rising star. Today the work is in the collection of the Tate Britain in London, having been gifted to the nation by the art collector Sir George Beaumont in 1826.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Bray p.153
- ^ Tromans p.11-12
- ^ https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/wilkie-the-blind-fiddler-n00099
Bibliography
[edit]- Bray, Joe. The Portrait in Fiction of the Romantic Period. Routledge, 2016.
- Prizel, Natalie. Victorian Ethical Optics: Innocent Eyes and Aberrant Bodies. Oxford University Press, 2024.
- Tromans, Nicholas. David Wilkie: The People's Painter. Edinburgh University Press, 2007.
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