Johann Georg Wille
The Little Angler
c. 1755
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 104 x 137 mm. (4 1/8 x 5 3/8 in.)
Plate: 83 x 115 mm. (3 1/4 x 4 1/2 in.)
Image: 76 x 109 mm. (3 x 4 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.890
T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore, purchased 1885 (Lugt supp. 2435b); James L. Claghorn, Philadelphia (lugt supp. 555c).
Signed: 1
Inscribed: Recto: above image, upper right, in graphite "19"; below image, lower left, in graphite "33"; below image, lower left, in graphite "G Wille"; below image, lower left, in graphite "LB33"; below image, lower right, in graphite "1st State" Verso: lower center in graphite "Partie d [indecipherable]"
Markings: CM: Claghorn; Garrett
