Dessiné par Ch. Eisen Gravé a Paris par Ch. de Mechel 1758
Etching, platemark 230 x 130mm (9 x 5"). Thread margins; glued to album sheet at corners.
Etching after a design by Charles Eisen (1720-78), painter, draughtsman and illustrator. It was through his drawings, engraved to illustrate nearly 400 books, that Eisen's reputation was chiefly established. These included editions of Lucretius, Ovid, Tacitus, Virgil, Boccaccio, Ariosto, Erasmus and La Fontaine.
[Ref: 44939]  £80.00