Irish artist, printmaker and art collector (1723-1810)

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A fiddler plays in a tavern with a family drinking at one table and others in the background. Engraving by Ryland after R. Brakenburg.

An alchemist at his furnace, hunched over bellows. Colour etching by W. Baillie, 1792, after D. Teniers the younger.

A poor family praying before eating their simple evening meal. Mezzotint by W. Baillie, 1784, after A. Ostade.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child. Colour crayon-manner print by W. Baillie, 1773, after L. Sabbatini.

James Turner, a beggar and a painters model. Etching by Captain W. Baillie, 1774, after N. Hone.

A sleeping woman being provoked by two men with tobacco pipes. Mezzotint by W. Baillie after G. Dou.

Two men play cards at a table as others watch, smoke and drink in a dingy smoke den. Mezzotint by W. Baillie, 1771, after D. Teniers the younger.

A Dutch landscape: fields, a farmer in an oxcart, and, in the centre foreground, a dead tree. Etching by W. Baillie, 1760.

A woman sleeps at a table as one man lights his pipe and another tries to wake her. Mezzotint by W. Baillie, c. 1774, after G. Dou.

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William Baillie

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Images by William Baillie

Images featuring William Baillie

Works from the collections

Two men play cards at a table as others watch, smoke and drink in a dingy smoke den. Mezzotint by W. Baillie, 1771, after D. Teniers the younger.

A poor family praying before eating their simple evening meal. Mezzotint by W. Baillie, 1784, after A. Ostade.

A Dutch landscape: fields, a farmer in an oxcart, and, in the centre foreground, a dead tree. Etching by W. Baillie, 1760.

James Turner, a beggar and a painters model. Etching by Captain W. Baillie, 1774, after N. Hone.

A woman sleeps at a table as one man lights his pipe and another tries to wake her. Mezzotint by W. Baillie, c. 1774, after G. Dou.

William Baillie

Images from the collections

Images by William Baillie

Images featuring William Baillie

Works from the collections

Two men play cards at a table as others watch, smoke and drink in a dingy smoke den. Mezzotint by W. Baillie, 1771, after D. Teniers the younger.

A poor family praying before eating their simple evening meal. Mezzotint by W. Baillie, 1784, after A. Ostade.

A Dutch landscape: fields, a farmer in an oxcart, and, in the centre foreground, a dead tree. Etching by W. Baillie, 1760.

James Turner, a beggar and a painters model. Etching by Captain W. Baillie, 1774, after N. Hone.

A woman sleeps at a table as one man lights his pipe and another tries to wake her. Mezzotint by W. Baillie, c. 1774, after G. Dou.

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