Before 1888
Original etching and roulette
251 × 189 mm, margins 292 × 223 mm
Superb impression on laid paper of the second state (of 3) with surface tone, with the new roulette work and before the signature and small silhouette engraved under the hooks on the right, annotated and signed in the subject 2e Etat. tiré à quelques épreuves / HGuérard and in the margin ton de roulette rajouté, printer crease in the upper left corner
On verso, trace of old adhesive along the upper edge that shows through to the recto
Artist’s red stamp (Lugt 1157), artist’s red stamp in the form of an intaglio press (Lugt 6248) and signature red stamp (Lugt not described)
Reference: Bertin 356 ii/iii