Johann Georg Wille
The Anglers
1762
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 99 x 179 mm. (3 7/8 x 7 1/16 in.)
Plate: 75 x 147 mm. (2 15/16 x 5 13/16 in.)
Image: 66 x 144 mm. (2 5/8 x 5 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.828
T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore, purchased 1885 (Lugt supp. 2435b); James L. Claghorn, Philadelphia (lugt supp. 555c).
Signed: 1
Inscribed: Recto: below image, lower left, in plate "Dessiné et Gravé par J.G. Wille, 1762."; above image, upper right, in graphite "8 / 9"; below image, lower right, in graphite "2nd state"; below image, lower right, in graphite "22" Verso: lower right in graphite "2-6"
Markings: CM: Claghorn; Garrett
