Antique Print-ETUDES D’ENFANTS-CAP-PORTRAIT-STUDY ARM-HAND-Meyer-1892

Handcolored crayon style lithograph on wove (vellin) paper. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 42.8 x 28.5 cm. The image size is ca. 37 x 22 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 16.9 x 11.2 inch. The image size is ca. 14.6 x 8.7 inch.

Antique print, untitled. Study of children: portrait of a child wearing a cap, and two studies of toddler underarms and hands. “Etudes d’ enfants, Applicables a la Composition de Sujets Decoratifs” by E. Meyer. Published in Brussels: E. Lyon-Claesen, 1892. Artists and Engravers: Made by ‘E. Meyer’ after own design. We have been unable to find much about this artist. Given the style we date the activity around the turn of the nineteenth century. Possibly the portrait painter and lithographer Eduard Meyer (Berlin, 19th century).

Condition: Very good, given age. Small spot of paper erosion in the left margin. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINT-ETUDES D’ENFANTS-CAP-PORTRAIT-STUDY ARM-HAND-MEYER

(PCO) L8-09