'Reading the Will', c1820. Creator: William Greatbach.

'Reading the Will', c1820. Creator: William Greatbach.

2-704-349 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Reading the Will', c1820. The numerous heirs gather round the lawyer seated at the table, on which are coins, bottles and glasses. One stands close with an ear trumpet. The belongings of the recently deceased spill out of a trunk in the foreground. The work is said to have been inspired by the novel "Guy Mannering" by Sir Walter Scott. Engraving after the painting in the Neue Pinakothek Munich, Germany.


Image Details


People Information

Creator
  1. William Greatbach, attributed to: British: Artist, engraver, illustrator
After
  1. David Wilkie: British; Scottish: Artist, painter, printmaker
People Related
  1. Sir Walter Scott: British; Scottish: Author, novelist

Medium
  1. Engraving

Category Hierarchy

Society & Culture Law & Crime

Society & Culture Family Life

Society & Culture Art & Literature

Locations & Buildings Other

People Other

Society & Culture Death & Burial


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 11088x7248
File Size : 78,483kb


Aliases

  1. 0580037329
  1. 2-704-349
  1. 2704349

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