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Colored engraving, French

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Colored stippled engraving, " L' Auteur Favorise ", lower margin, "Grave en couleur par Liger". Very good condition with slight foxing into lower margin. 8 7/8"x 12 3/8" sheet. Matted and hinge mounted. Late 18th century. France. Note - Margaret Lindsley Warden notes in her typed inventory this engraving was purchased by Dr. John Berrien Lindsley of Nashville during a European tour of the 1850s. These engravings were shown at an art exhibition in June 1945 at 1806 E. Belmont Circle. Several of Margaret's engravings were later exhibited at the Parthenon Gallery in 1954, but it is unknown if this engraving was part of this exhibit. Lindsley Warden estate.

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