Caption
Interior of a school, print, album page, Interior with children, sitting on the floor and on low benches at a table. Several children are reading from a book. Other children are at the teacher's table. In the foreground on the left, a boy is raiding a basket. In the bottom margin, nine lines of text in English., printmaker: William Baillie, after painting by Adriaen van Ostade, 1753 - 1810, William Baillie, Adriaen van Ostade, printmaker, after painting by, paper, pasting, etching, stippling, etching and stippling pasted onto album page, height 235 mm x width 275 mm, elementary school, class, form, A dark, detailed etching framed by a light margin shows an interior with a high, angled ceiling and visible beams; a large bundle of straw or hay hangs near the ceiling. In the foreground, a group of children sit and kneel on the floor and benches, some holding books or slates and others looking toward an adult man who leans over a small desk or box; the man wears a tall hat and coat. Various simple objects are scattered around, including baskets, jugs, a lantern hanging from the wall, and wooden stools. Stone steps and a rough wall are visible in the background, and the overall scene is rendered in fine cross-hatched shading with strong contrasts between dark and light areas.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26A75_168
License type
Rights managed
Available size
43.7Mb (10.0Mb) / 13.8in x 12.3in / 4148 x 3683 (300dpi)