Eugène DELACROIX
1798 - 1863
Lying tige rin the desert
1846 ?
Original etching
89 × 132 mm, trimmed to the copperplate or slightly within the copperplate
Very fine and rare impression on odd China paper, of the third state (on 6), before the artist name on the lower left part and before the address of Picot on the right part, annotated Eug. Delacroix in the lower left part, small restorations in the lower left corner
Reference: Delteil/Strauber 24 iii/vi
Strauber suggest an earlier date, around 1830-1833