PIERRE-PAUL PRUD'HON (1758-1823)
Phrosine et Mélidore
etching with engraving, circa 1797, on wove paper, without watermark, a fine proof impression of the third state (of six), before letters but with the additional burin work (probably by Barthélémy Roger), with margins and deckle edges on three sides, trimmed on or just inside the platemark at right but retaining a wide blank border outside the subject, an unobtrusive flattened horizontal fold across the upper sheet, generally in good condition
Image 211 x 146 mm., Sheet 366 x 262 mm.
PIERRE-PAUL PRUD'HON (1758-1823)
Phrosine et Mélidore
etching with engraving, circa 1797, on wove paper, without watermark, a fine proof impression of the third state (of six), before letters but with the additional burin work (probably by Barthélémy Roger), with margins and deckle edges on three sides, trimmed on or just inside the platemark at right but retaining a wide blank border outside the subject, an unobtrusive flattened horizontal fold across the upper sheet, generally in good condition
Image 211 x 146 mm., Sheet 366 x 262 mm.