Eisen [in ms below image, c.1760]
Fine engraving, proof before artist name & publication line; sheet 215 x 140mm (8½ x 5½"). Trimmed to platemark; glued to album sheet at corners.
A young woman sits in the company of putti garlanding flowers. From a set of prints representing the four seasons after designs 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: 45070]  £240.00