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GEORGE HENRY BOUGHTON – The Bearers of the Burden, 1879
Etching
Sheet size: 290x430 mm
Image size: 170x240 mm
Edition: Size of edition unknown; scarce – Signed in plate
Original etching by Léon Gaucherel (1816-1886) after a social realist painting by George Henry Boughton exhibited at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1878. Signed by Gaucherel in the plate, with printed credits to artist, etcher, title, printer and publisher. Printed on laid paper by François Liénard. Published by the revue L'Art. In generally excellent condition with a few insignificant spots in the outer margins, easily framed out. The etching is pin-sharp; our photo is a little blurred. Condition: Excellent, see description.
£125.00