Jean Louis Charbonnel, “The Child with the Parrot”, 1873

Jean Louis Charbonnel (1854–1885)

“The Child with the Parrot” (“L'Enfant au Perroquet”), 1873, plate 17, published in Paris by Richard Lesclide (1825–1892) as an illustration to page 257 of “Paris a L'Eau-Forte”, 1873. I understand (but may be very wrong) that this etching illustrates a passage in which a cunning parrot pretends to be losing food to a grasping child. In reality, however, the clever bird is strategically allowing the child to take its food to make the toddler fat.

Etching on fine buff wove paper (China) trimmed close to the image borderline and backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 11.8 x 10.1 cm; (image borderline) 11.5 x 9.6 cm.

Inscribed on plate: (upper right) “L. Charbonnel”

Condition: a strong impression trimmed with a narrow margin around the image borderline in a near pristine condition.  The sheet is laid upon an archival support sheet of millennium quality washi paper providing wide margins.

I am selling this exceptionally sensitive etching for AU$204 (approximately US$133.43, EUR 113.8 or GBP 98.11), including express mail shipping worldwide. Import duties, if any, are the responsibility of the buyer.

If you are interested in acquiring this delicate etching exemplifying the Romantic leanings of artists in France at the time, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

Jean Louis Charbonnel’s etching, “Nude Girl Crying in a Landscape”, 1873

Jean Louis Charbonnel (1854–1885)

“Nude Girl Crying in a Landscape” (descriptive title only), 1873, proof impression from a suite of five etchings that I understand (from advice from the dealer from whom I purchased this print, but I am unable to confirm if the following information is correct) are loosely based around the Auvergne region (central France) and were to feature as illustrations for “Album du Journal Paris a l'Eau Forte Pour 1875”, published by Richard Lesclide (1825–1892) and printed by Charles Delâtre (fl.c1872–1876) (see https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/334979).

Etching on fine wove paper (China) trimmed close to the image borderline and backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 12.9 x 5.5 cm; (image borderline) 12.3 x 4.9 cm.

Inscribed on plate: (lower left) “J. C.”

Condition: near faultless delicate impression trimmed with a narrow margin around the image borderline. The sheet is in pristine condition (i.e. there are no tears, holes, folds, abrasions, stains, foxing or blemishes), but, as the sheet is tissue thin, it has been laid onto a conservator’s support sheet.

I am selling this exceptionally sensitive etching for AU$186 in total (currently US$132.90/EUR112.85/GBP101.58 at the time of this listing) including postage and handling to anywhere in the world (but not, of course, any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries).

If you are interested in acquiring this delicate etching exemplifying the Romantic leanings of artists in France at the time, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

Félix-Elie Regamey's etching, “Le Bal de L'Opéra vu de L’Amphithéatre”, 1873

Félix-Elie Regamey (1844–1907)

“Le Bal de L'Opéra vu de L’Amphithéatre” (The opera ball seen from the amphitheatre), 1873, illustration to page 41 of Richard Lesclide’s (1825–1892), “Paris à L'Eau-Forte”, No. 6 (?), published in 1873 in Paris by Alfred Cadart (1828–1875) and printed in an edition of 100 copies by Auguste Delâtre (aka Auguste Marie Delâtre) (1822–1907).

Etching on fine wove paper (China) trimmed with a small margin around the image borderline (as published in an edition of 100 impressions) and backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 13.8 x 8.7 cm; (image borderline) 13 x 7.9 cm.

Signed by the artist on plate within the image borderline at lower right corner.

Condition: an excellent strong impression, trimmed with small margins around the image borderline as published. There are replenished chips to the margins and the sheet is laid onto a support sheet of archival (millennium quality) washi paper.

I am selling this small and unusual etching featuring a bird’s-eye view looking through blazingly bright chandeliers to the action on a ballroom below, for AU$197 in total (currently US$137.54/EUR123.02/GBP105.16 at the time of this listing) including postage and handling to anywhere in the world (but not, of course, any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries).

If you are interested in acquiring this curiously wonderful etching executed at the time in Paris when interest in the effects of light and Japanese prints was at its peak, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

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