Auguste André LANÇON
1836 - 1887
(Lion presented to the Jardin des Plantes by King Victor-Emmanuel
1875
Plate from the suite entitled Étude d’animaux
Original etching and drypoint
268 × 170 mm, margins 324 × 220 mm
Fine impression on thin laid japanese paper, before the letter and publication in L’Art in 1875, lower edge slightly yellowed, slight tear to the left of the lion’s head
Reference: IFF 17-1, Sanchez et Seydoux 1875-6