Gift ideas: Original Artworks

Original gummed print, dating from the first quarter of the 19th century.
This print, taken from the Saint-Jean district in Geneva on the right bank of the Rhone, was later added to a set of Italian landscapes in an amicorum album among engravings, lithographs, drawings, and wash.
Executed in the first quarter of the 19th century, these prints summarize the stages of the "Grand Tour" of Italy and its surroundings, the obligatory journey of the post-Napoleonic nobility who came to Italy or Switzerland to make an artistic and bucolic pilgrimage to the great Renaissance works, urban panoramas and delightful mountain lakes. The European aristocracy was...

Original drawing in pencil, probably from the first half of the nineteenth century.
Portrait of an elderly lady, dressed and dressed in the fashion of the 1820s, curly hair above the ears, separated in the middle of the forehead and enclosed in a cap trimmed with ribbons. The hair; Very worked by the artist, frames a face with simple and severe features.
This drawing is part of a collection of pencil portraits of the Prussian aristocracy made in Rome, collected in an amicorum album among engravings, lithographs, etchings, drawings, and washings of landscapes and Italian architecture.

original print in color, printed on laid paper, signed on the top left of the board.
One of the first French fashion magazines, published a few days before the famous Gazette fashionable and bringing together the greatest French artists of the Art Deco movement.
The Journal ladies and modes is a trimensuelle illustrated French fashion magazine created in 1797. Its publication was stopped in 1839 before being taken in June 1912 under the leadership of Tommaso Antongini, secretary, friend and biographer of Gabriele 'Annunzio. It will disappear in August 1914 on the eve of the First World War.
The review was drawn in 1279 copies making it, for...

Original color print, printed on vergé paper, non signed.

An original print used to illustrate the Gazette du bon ton, one of the most attractive and influential 20th century fashion magazines, featuring the talents of French artists and other contributors from the burgeoning Art Deco movement.

A celebrated fashion magazine established in 1912 by Lucien Vogel, La Gazette du bon ton appeared until 1925, with a hiatus from 1915 to 1920 due to the war (the editor-in-chief having been called up for service). It consisted of 69 issues printed in only 2,000 copies each and notably illustrated with 573 color plates and 148 sketches of the models of the great designers. Right...

Original color print heightened with palladium, printed on vergé paper, signed in the plate.

An original print used to illustrate the Gazette du bon ton, one of the most attractive and influential 20th century fashion magazines, featuring the talents of French artists and other contributors from the burgeoning Art Deco movement.

A celebrated fashion magazine established in 1912 by Lucien Vogel, La Gazette du bon ton appeared until 1925, with a hiatus from 1915 to 1920 due to the war (the editor-in-chief having been called up for service). It consisted of 69 issues printed in only 2,000 copies each and notably illustrated with 573 color plates and 148 sketches of the...

Double original color print heightened with gold, printed on vergé paper, signed in the plate.

An original print used to illustrate the Gazette du bon ton, one of the most attractive and influential 20th century fashion magazines, featuring the talents of French artists and other contributors from the burgeoning Art Deco movement.

A celebrated fashion magazine established in 1912 by Lucien Vogel, La Gazette du bon ton appeared until 1925, with a hiatus from 1915 to 1920 due to the war (the editor-in-chief having been called up for service). It consisted of 69 issues printed in only 2,000 copies each and notably illustrated with 573 color plates and 148 sketches of the...

Unsigned pencil drawing, depicting a large dead tree with a drowsing man and his dog at its foot.
Fine wooden frame showing some scratches.
A student of Jean-Victor Bertin, Jules Coignet adopted his master's predilection for landscape painting. He is the author of a great number of canvases representing views and landscapes painted during his numerous travels in Tyrol and the Baden region, in Switzerland, in Italy and Sicily, in Egypt and Lebanon in the Orient, as well as in several provinces of France, notably Brittany and the Isère valley.

Original color lithograph executed specially by the artist for l'Estampe Moderne. Proof printed on heavy laid paper protected by a printed tissue guard, publisher's dry stamp in lower margin. Artist's signature in the plate. Very handsome copy.
Lithograph inspired by a poem by Francis Fièlé-Griffin, an extract of which is reproduced on the print's tissue guard.
Published by Ch. Masson and H. Piazza, the two years of l'Estampe Moderne constitute one of the finest lithographic achievements of the period. Each print is an original work created specially for the review by the greatest French and foreign artists representing Symbolist, Art Nouveau, Orientalist and "Belle Epoque"...

Original color lithograph executed specially by the artist for l'Estampe Moderne. Proof printed on heavy laid paper protected by a printed tissue guard, publisher's dry stamp in lower margin. Artist's signature in the plate. Handsome copy.
Lithograph inspired by the poem "Les Tendresses" by Armand Sylvestre, an extract of which is reproduced on the print's tissue guard.
Published by Ch. Masson and H. Piazza, the two years of l'Estampe Moderne constitute one of the finest lithographic achievements of the period. Each print is an original work created specially for the magazine by the greatest French and foreign artists representing Symbolist, Art Nouveau, Orientalist and "Belle...

Original pastel drawing depicting a nude woman in profile playing the flute. Illegible signature at bottom right of the drawing.
Modern frame.

Original oil on wood showing a rural landscape with the sea in the background in an imposing gilded frame.
Signed at lower right. One small insignificant lack to right of frame.
Edmond Cuisinier (1857-1917) was a minor painter of the Barbizon school.

Original pencil drawing depicting a seated woman with crossed hands, wearing a dress with imposing drapery and flowers in her hair. Artist's stamp at bottom left of the sheet.
Achille Devéria (1800-1857) is a French painter, illustrator and engraver, student of Girodet-Trioson. He is a recognized illustrator and published numerous lithographs (Contes by Perrault, Don Quixote, Robinson Crusoe, La Henriade...). In 1849, he was appointed director of the prints department of the Bibliothèque Nationale and assistant curator of the Egyptian department of the Louvre.
The famous portrait of Honoré de Balzac as a young man (1825) is attributed to him. He...

Original engraving. Optical view heightened in watercolor, depicting a view of the Palace of the Stock Exchange.
Optical views, also called vues, perspectives, or "mondo nuovo," are engravings that were very popular between the late 18th and early 19th centuries. They were intended to be viewed through a series of mirrors or by means of a Zygrascope, an instrument consisting of a mirror and a lens. Optical views can be considered the forerunners of three-dimensional images and stereoscopes, which enjoyed great success from the 19th century onwards. Optical views appear to have emerged in the 1740s and were parlor entertainments. The process was first developed in Paris, then London, and...

Original engraving. Optical view enhanced with watercolor, depicting a view of the Porte Saint Martin taken from the Boulevard Saint Denis.
Optical views, also called views, perspectives or "mondo nuovo," are engravings that were very fashionable between the late 18th and early 19th centuries. They were intended to be observed through a set of multiple mirrors or by means of a Zograscope, an instrument consisting of a mirror and a lens. Optical views can be considered the precursors of three-dimensional images and stereoscopes which enjoyed great success from the 19th century onwards. Optical views appear to have emerged in the 1740s and were drawing room entertainments. The process was...

Original engraving. Optical view heightened in watercolour, depicting an interior view of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.
Optical views, also called vues, perspectives or "mondo nuovo", are engravings that were very fashionable between the late 18th and early 19th centuries. They were intended to be observed through a set of mirrors or by means of a Zograscope, an instrument consisting of a mirror and a lens. Optical views can be considered the precursors of three-dimensional images and stereoscopes which enjoyed great success from the 19th century onwards. Optical views seem to appear in the 1740s and were parlour entertainments. The process was first developed in Paris, then London and...

Original engraving. Optical view enhanced with watercolor, depicting a view of the square and barracks of Top-Hané at the entrance to the port of Constantinople.
Optical views, also called views, perspectives or "mondo nuovo", are engravings very much in vogue between the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century. They were intended to be observed through a set of several mirrors or by means of a Zograscope, an instrument consisting of a mirror and a lens. Optical views can be considered as the precursors of three-dimensional images and stereoscopes which enjoyed great success from the 19th century onwards. Optical views seem to appear in the 1740s and are salon...

Original ink by Henri Pille depicting a historical scene, preserved under mat and gilt wood frame.
An appreciated figure in the Montmartre artistic milieu, whose work developed through history paintings and genre scenes often tinged with humor, Pille is especially renowned as a pen and ink artist. He executed numerous illustrations for publishing, notably for publisher Alphonse Lemerre, and contributed to reviews and newspapers such as Le Courrier Français, Le Rire, Le Monde illustré, Le Procope, journal parlé, Le Journal Amusant, La Vie moderne, Le Voleur and Le Petit Français illustré. He published drawings in the...

Original engraving.
Optical view heightened in watercolor, depicting a view of the great Piazza del Popolo, in Rome.
Optical views, also called views, perspectives or "mondo nuovo", are engravings that were very fashionable between the late 18th and early 19th centuries. They were intended to be viewed through a set of several mirrors or by means of a Zograscope, an instrument consisting of a mirror and a lens. Optical views can be considered as the precursors of three-dimensional images and stereoscopes which enjoyed great success from the 19th century onwards.
Optical views seem to appear in the 1740s and were parlor entertainments. The process was first developed in Paris...

Original, unshaved, full-page etching from the “Imperial edition” of the Description de l'Égypte, or ‘Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand [A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition, published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great]'.

Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828, 1,000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions, on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark, visible when held up to the light.

Portrait of Andy Warhol. Original photograph printed by the artist Large original photograph portrait in black and white, made and printed by Marc Trivier. Unsigned silver print, as most of Trivier's works. Unique print from the artist. Small stain on the upper margin.
Artists, madmen, abattoirs, trees – Marc Trivier photographed each of his subjects with the same interrogative intensity. All his photographs are in the same square format, simple and confined, with no retouching or alteration of the framing, and seem less to show off a subject – famous or unknown, in or out of power, dead or alive...

Original, unshaved, full-page etching from the “Imperial edition” of the Description de l'Égypte, or ‘Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand [A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition, published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great]'.

Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828, 1,000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions, on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark, visible when held up to the light.

Original, unshaved, full-page etching from the “Imperial edition” of the Description de l'Égypte, or ‘Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand [A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition, published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great]'.

Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828, 1,000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions, on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark, visible when held up to the light.

Original, unshaved, full-page etching from the “Imperial edition” of the Description de l'Égypte, or ‘Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand [A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition, published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great]'.

Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828, 1,000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions, on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark, visible when held up to the light.

Original, unshaved, full-page etching from the “Imperial edition” of the Description de l'Égypte, or ‘Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand [A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition, published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great]'.

Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828, 1,000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions, on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark, visible when held up to the light.

Authentic original engraving executed with burin after a 16th-century drawing by Johannes Stradanus.
Proof on watermarked laid paper, work from the end of the 16th or very beginning of the 17th century.
Artists' signatures in the plate.
Latin caption in the lower part of the engraving.
Manuscript translation in an old hand beneath the plate mark: "Le chasseur prend les petits du tigre et met dans des trappes des miroirs qui représentent les petits qu'il a enlevés. Cette bête stupide croyant les voir effectivement, entre dans les filets et hurle, étant prise." ["The hunter takes the tiger cubs and places mirrors in traps that represent the cubs he has taken. This foolish...

Authentic original engraving executed with burin after a 16th century drawing by Johannes Stradanus.
Proof on watermarked laid paper, work from the late 16th or very early 17th century.
Artists' signatures in the plate.
Latin caption in the lower part of the engraving.
Manuscript translation in old handwriting below the plate mark: "In winter, the porcupine is taken by dogs or in nets, or when it flees to hide in dark holes, hunters pursue them with rakes and hoes".
Watermark visible by transparency.
The margins of the engraving have been backed with small pieces of old laid paper glued to the edges on the reverse, otherwise fine condition for this very...

Authentic original engraving executed in burin after a 16th-century drawing by Johannes Stradanus.
Proof on watermarked laid paper, work from the late 16th or very early 17th century.
Artists' signatures in the plate.
Latin caption in the lower part of the engraving.
Manuscript translation in old handwriting below the plate mark: "Ceux qui s'occupent à surprendre les lions dans des filets portent une torche de la main gauche et un bouclier de la droite pour se garantir du feu: les lions fuyant les flammes, se jettent dans les filets qu'on lui a tendu." ["Those who busy themselves with surprising lions in nets carry a torch in the left hand and a shield in the right to...

Etching printed on China paper. A tissue guard protects the engraving.
Proof before lettering, without the painter's and engraver's names. The painting from which this engraving is taken is in the Henner museum.
Perfect condition.

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Original burin engraving after a 16th-century painting by Maerten Jacobszoon Heemskerk van Veen.
Printed on watermarked laid paper in the early 17th century. This is an illustration of a passage from the Acts of the Apostles, 5.19-20:

"But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said, Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life."

Latin caption in the lower portion of the engraving. Artist's signature in the plate. Numbered notation "10" in the lower right corner, within the engraving. Manuscript notation "143" in the margin in the upper right corner of...

Original engraving executed with burin after a 16th-century painting by Maerten Jacobszoon Heemskerk van Veen or Maarten van Heemskerck, Marten, Maerten, Martin.
Impression on watermarked laid paper, work from the early 17th century. This is an illustration of a passage from the Acts of the Apostles, 8.38-39: "And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him. And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more.". Latin caption in the lower portion of the engraving. Artist's signature in the plate. Numbered notation "15" in the lower...

Original burin engraving after a 16th-century painting by Maerten Jacobszoon Heemskerk van Veen.
Print on watermarked laid paper, early 17th-century work.

This is an illustration of a passage from Acts of the Apostles, 9.1-3: 

"But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. Now as he went on his way, he approached Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven shone around him".

Latin caption in the lower part of...

Original engraving executed with burin by Claes Jansz Visscher, called the Piscator, after a 16th century painting by Johannes Stradanus.
Proof on watermarked laid paper, early 17th century work.This illustrates a passage from Acts of the Apostles, 16.12-14: "From there we traveled to Philippi, a Roman colony and the leading city of that district of Macedonia. And we stayed there several days. On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate to the river, where we expected to find a place of prayer. We sat down and began to speak to the women who had gathered there. One of those listening was a woman from the city of Thyatira named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth. She was a worshiper of...

, on the occasion of her marriage to Francesco I de' Medici. Greatly influenced by the Mannerists, including Michelangelo, Johannes Stradanus contributed to the development of grand Italian history painting. He painted several altarpieces for Florentine churches. He also stayed in Rome from 1550 to 1553 and in Naples in 1576. After a stay in Antwerp in 1578, he devoted a large part of his activity to engraving.

Original unsigned engraving, probably executed in burin after a 16th century painting by Maarten de Vos (or Martin).
Proof on watermarked laid paper, early 17th century work.
This is an illustration of the Gospel according to Matthew 25.35, "For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat".
Latin caption in the lower portion of the engraving.
Numbered mark "2" in the lower right corner in the engraving, and manuscript notation "110" in margin in the upper right corner. An old manuscript annotation in Greek characters under the right corner of the plate mark. Watermark visible by transparency. Tiny marginal foxing and stains, a tiny corner lack, a trace of corner fold, all...

Original unsigned engraving, executed in burin, probably after a 16th-century painting by Maerten Jacobszoon Heemskerk van Veen or Maarten van Heemskerck, Marten, Maerten, Martin.
Impression on watermarked laid paper, work from the early 17th century.
This is an illustration of the Gospel according to Matthew 6-12, "Forgive us our trespasses, as we also forgive those who trespass against us." (from the Lord's Prayer).
Latin caption in the lower part of the engraving. Numbered mention "5" in the lower right corner within the engraving, and manuscript notation "51" in the margin in the upper right corner. Crown watermark visible by transparency. Minimal foxing and dampstains...

Unsigned original engraving, probably executed in burin by Claes Jansz Visscher, known as Piscator.
Proof on watermarked laid paper, work from the early 17th century.
This is an illustration of the Gospel according to Luke 16.22, "The poor man died, and he was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom."
Latin caption in the lower portion of the engraving.
Numbered notation "2" in the lower right corner within the engraving, and manuscript notation "81" in margin in the upper right corner. An old manuscript annotation in Greek characters below the right corner of the plate mark. Crown watermark visible by transparency. Rare and minimal marginal foxing, small corner stains...

Original print folio, taken from Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt Vivant Denon. Board decorated with an engraving subdivided into eight figures, and described by the author: No.1 The eastern face of the obelisk which was before the temple of Luxor (see Plate L, No. 1). I should desiré have time to draw the four sides which differ between them, except for the First figures of the summit, which is probably a kind of protocol of the dedication of the monument; I thought it would be advantageous to have this inscription to add further to those that we have that are obelisks in Rome and elsewhere. The work of these is such a franchise, we must believe that the Egyptians had a particular caliber...

Original, unshaved, full-page etching from the “Imperial edition” of the Description de l'Égypte, or ‘Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand [A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition, published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great]'.

Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828, 1,000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions, on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark, visible when held up to the light.

Original, unshaved, full-page etching from the “Imperial edition” of the Description de l'Égypte, or ‘Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand [A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition, published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great]'.

Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828, 1,000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions, on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark, visible when held up to the light.

Original, unshaved, full-page etching from the “Imperial edition” of the Description de l'Égypte, or ‘Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand [A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition, published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great]'.

Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828, 1,000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions, on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark, visible when held up to the light.

Original, unshaved, full-page etching from the “Imperial edition” of the Description de l'Égypte, or ‘Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand [A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition, published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great]'.

Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828, 1,000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions, on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark, visible when held up to the light.

Original pencil drawing, mounted on board.
Artist's signature stamp in the lower right corner of the work, and atelier signature stamp on verso.
Very fine condition.
Provenance: from the artist's studio, referenced in the catalogue Atelier Louis Anquetin (Thierry de Maigret, 28/11/08).
Louis Anquetin, born in Étrépagny in 1861 and died in Paris in 1932, is an important French painter. He began his career alongside avant-garde painters such as Vincent Van Gogh and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. With Émile Bernard, he was the inventor of Cloisonnism. From 1884 to 1893, Louis Anquetin continuously explored the new possibilities offered by the liberation introduced by...

Original pencil drawing. Artist's signature stamp in the lower right corner of the work, and workshop stamp signature on the verso. Very fine condition. Provenance: from the artist's workshop, referenced in the catalogue Atelier Louis Anquetin (Thierry de Maigret, 28/11/08). Louis Anquetin, born in Étrépagny in 1861 and died in Paris in 1932, is an important French painter. He began his career alongside avant-garde painters such as Vincent Van Gogh or Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. With Émile Bernard, he invented Cloisonnism. From 1884 to 1893, Louis Anquetin continuously explored the new possibilities offered by the liberation introduced by Impressionism in French painting. From 1893 onwards...

Original charcoal drawing, presented under a two-colour mat frame.
With the workshop's stamp on the back.
Very good condition.

Provenance: artist's workshop, referenced in the Atelier Louis Anquetin catalogue (Thierry de Maigret, 28/11/08).

Original pencil drawing, recto-verso. On the verso, various studies of dogs.
Stamp-signature of the artist in the lower right corner of the work, and workshop stamp-signature on the verso. Central fold mark, a small central tear affecting the drawing very slightly (4 cm), otherwise very fine condition.
Provenance: from the artist's studio, referenced in the catalogue Atelier Louis Anquetin (Thierry de Maigret, 28/11/08).
Louis Anquetin, born in Étrépagny in 1861 and died in Paris in 1932, is an important French painter. He began his career alongside avant-garde painters such as Vincent Van Gogh and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. With Émile Bernard, he invented Cloisonnism. From...

Original etching in plano, untrimmed, extracted from the so-called "Imperial" edition of the Description of Egypt or Collection of observations and research made in Egypt during the French expedition, published by order of His Majesty Emperor Napoleon the Great.
Executed between February 1802 and 1829 by order of Napoleon Bonaparte and published from 1809 [actually 1810], it was printed in 1000 copies on watermarked laid paper "Ancient and modern Egypt" and offered to institutions.
Plate belonging to the series of Mammals, whose study was conducted by Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772-1844), French naturalist who participated in the Egyptian campaign...

Original etching in plano, untrimmed, extracted from the so-called "Imperial" edition of the Description de l'Égypte ou Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand.
Executed between February 1802 and 1829 by order of Napoleon Bonaparte and published from 1809 [actually 1810], it was printed in 1000 copies on laid paper watermarked "Égypte ancienne et moderne" and offered to institutions.
Plate belonging to the Mammals series, the study of which was conducted by Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772-1844), French naturalist who participated in the...

Original, unshaved, full-page etching from the “Imperial edition” of the Description de l'Égypte, or ‘Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand [A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition, published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great]'.

Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828, 1,000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions, on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark, visible when held up to the light.