# Mr. Quick as Vellum in Addison's Drummer

**Samuel De Wilde** (English, 1748–1832)  
1792  
Oil on canvas  
36.8 × 27.9 cm (14 1/2 × 11 in.); Framed: 46.4 × 38.1 × 6 cm (18 1/4 × 15 × 2 3/8 in.)

Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2020.59. [The museum's record](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/256186).

## About this work

Samuel De Wilde painted this in 1792, aged 44. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

### What you’re looking at

A work made of oil on canvas.

_Description from the Art Institute of Chicago._

### How it was made

- **Oil paint.** Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.

### [Samuel De Wilde](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/samuel-de-wilde)

English, 1748–1832

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- Culture: England
- The artist was 44
- Real size: about 14 × 11 in (36 × 27 cm). The 11 × 14 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 18th century
- Subjects: actors (performing artists), characters, England, English, man, portrait, portraits: male subject, alcohol
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

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