The Bagpiper - Public domain portrait engraving

after a painting by Sir David Wilkie, painter and etcher, 1785-1841 (artist notes)
Scottish (artist nationality)
engraver (artist role)
Wilkie, David, 1785-1841 (original artist)
Recto: l. l.: SIR DAVID WILKIE, R.A. PAINTER; l. r.: R.C. BELL, ENGRAVER; l. c. The Bagpiper / From the Picture in the Vernon Gallery. / London, Published for the Proprietors.; l. r.: Printed by G. VIRTUE.; verso: (in pencil) u. l.: Ritti / April 1925 / 15 fcs. 80¢; l. l.: C575/228 (inscription)
Steel engraving. (medium)
Fine condition. (condition)
Paul Ritti, Librairie Ancienne et Moderne, Paris, April 1925. (provenance)
Bagpipe (instrument)
19th century (century)
Works of art - - Single Players (miller category)

The Dayton C. Miller collection in the Library of Congress, contains nearly 1,700 flutes and other wind instruments, statuary, iconography, books, music, trade catalogs, tutors, patents, and other materials mostly related to the flute. It includes both Western and non-Western examples of flutes from around the world, with at least 460 European and American instrument makers represented. Items in the collection date from the 16th to the 20th century.