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Lot Essay
Hone painted his 'A Piping Boy', a portrait of his son John Camillus Hone, playing a recorder, in 1769 and exhibited it at his solo exhibition at No. 70 St. Martins Lane, London, in 1775. The original portrait, signed and dated 1769, is now in the National Gallery of Art Dublin (see N. Figgis and B. Rooney, Irish Paintings in the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 2001, p. pp.224-5).
Captain William Baillie (1723-1810) was an Irish amateur engraver in mezzotint who reproduced Old Master paintings as well as copying or reworking Old Master prints, particularly those of Rembrandt. Born in Kilbride, he moved to London in 1741 to study law but joined the army instead, serving at the battle of Culloden. He was later made Commissioner of Stamps, a post he retained for twenty years until his retirement in 1741. He is best remembered for his reworking of Rembrandt's 'Hundred Guilder' print.
Captain William Baillie (1723-1810) was an Irish amateur engraver in mezzotint who reproduced Old Master paintings as well as copying or reworking Old Master prints, particularly those of Rembrandt. Born in Kilbride, he moved to London in 1741 to study law but joined the army instead, serving at the battle of Culloden. He was later made Commissioner of Stamps, a post he retained for twenty years until his retirement in 1741. He is best remembered for his reworking of Rembrandt's 'Hundred Guilder' print.