"Port De Versailles Au Pont Du Jour" by Maxime Lalanne, Fr., (1827-1886) Drypoint 5-15/16 x 11-7/8

5-15/16 x 11-7/8

rare and spectacular print by Moy is not commonly seen

I'm very happy to report that this print has now been purchased and given as a gift by the buyer to her own daughter

He would rub the drawn surface to soften edges

on cream wove paper with a Crown & Shield watermark

"Port De Versailles Au Pont Du Jour" by Maxime Lalanne, Fr., (1827-1886) Drypoint 5-15/16 x 11-7/8Part of the series "Souvenirs Artistique du Siege de Paris" Etching, 1879 81, pub. by Cadart & Luce, Paris, ed. unknown, on thin cream laid paper with large margins and deckled edges, collection lalanne ink stamp lower left margin corner. A paper flaw in the sky upper left. Maxime Lalanne's landmark book A Treatise on Etching, paved the way for the French Etching Revival in the mid nineteenth century which lead to the American Etching Revival shortly