The Blind Fiddler
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| The Blind Fiddler | |
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| Artist | David Wilkie |
| Year | 1806 |
| Type | Oil on mahogany, genre painting |
| Dimensions | 57.8 cm × 79.4 cm (22.8 in × 31.3 in) |
| Location | Tate Britain, London |
The Blind Fiddler is an 1806 genre painting by the Scottish artist David Wilkie.[1][2] It was submitted to the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition at Somerset House. Only the second painting Wilkie had publicly displayed, it confirmed his reputation as a rising star. Today the work is in the collection of the Tate Britain in London, having been gifted to the nation by the art collector Sir George Beaumont in 1826.[3]
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