Henri GUÉRARD
1846 - 1897
Cloches nuptiales ou Cloches d’or
1876
Original etching
157 × 118 mm (subject), 187 × 138 mm
Fine impression on laid paper, cut on the copperplate mark, light foxing in the left and lower margins, small restored hole to the right of the gargoyle, small creases in the upper corners
On the reverse, light foxing
Reference: Bertin 626
This etching is one of four Guérard made to illustrate Edgar Allan Poe’s poem Les Cloches (The Bells), translated by Emile Blémont and published in 1876 in an edition of one hundred copies.