Self-portrait in a cap: laughing

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Artist/Maker	Baillie, William (print-makers) Rembrandt Van Rijn (artist)
Place of origin	London (made)

Etching depicting a head and shoulders portrait of a man laughing

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Categories	Prints Portraits Copies and Facsimiles
Object type	print
Title	Self-portrait in a cap: laughing (published title)
Materials and techniques	Etching Paper Printing Ink Etching (Printing Process)
Brief description	Etching by Captain William Baillie, 'Self-portrait in a cap: laughing', after a work by Rembrandt. London, 1753-69
Physical description	Etching depicting a head and shoulders portrait of a man laughing
Dimensions	Height: 7.9cm (Note: Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue) Width: 5.3cm (Note: Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue)
Production type	Copy
Marks and inscriptions	'Rembrandt' (Signed)
Subjects depicted	Caps (Headgear) Rembrandt Van Rijn
Bibliographic references	Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue White, Christopher and Boon, Karel G. Rembrandt's Etchings: An Illustrated Critical Catalogue in Two Volumes, I. Text. (Amsterdam: Van Gendt & Co; London: A. Zwemmer Ltd., 1969).
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	20406:12

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O652695/self-portrait-in-a-cap-print-baillie-william/

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