Diana and the Hunter.

Diana and the Hunter. - Eau forte signée

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Technique:

Lot n° 90
Etching. 467x203 mm; 18 1/2x8 inches, small margins 3 sides, trimmed on the plate mark lower edge.Second state (of 3), before the address of Le Blond. Bunch of grapes watermark (Griffiths/Hartley 3, which they specify for second state impressions of this subject). A superb, richly-inked and early, proof-like impression of this extremely scarce etching. 

We have found only 7 other impressions of this subject at auction in the past 30 years; only 3 were in the second state. Griffiths/Hartley 38.