Print Description
Medium: Engraving and aquatint etching on wove (vellin) paper.
Sheet size: 26.8 x 23.2 cm (10.55 x 9.13 inch). Image size: 24.5 x 19 cm. (9.65 x 7.48 inch).
Condition: very good, given age. Light age-toning and minor foxing, but well-preserved overall with crisp details. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
ACHILLE DEVERIA, EROTIC PRINT, FRENCH ENGRAVING, 19TH-CENTURY ART, LIBERTINE, MILITARY SCENE, NAPOLEONIC ERA, INTIMATE ILLUSTRATION, ROMANTICISM, SENSUALITY, SEDUCTION | FRAMED
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Early 20th-century reproduction based on an original 19th-century design by Deveria.
Biography artist: Achille Deveria (1800-1857) was a 19th-century French artist, famous for his lithographic portraits of writers and artists, as well as his erotically themed engravings and illustrations. His works are considered emblematic of the Romantic era.
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