Le bon samaritain ('Abd-el Kader secourant un chrétien')
$500
RODOLPHE BRESDIN (1822-1885)
Le bon samaritain ('Abd-el Kader secourant un chrétien')
lithograph
circa 1861
on Chine collé to wove paper
a very fine and early, luminous impression of the rare first state (of two)
from the First Edition, printed by Lemercier, Paris, 1861
printing with remarkable clarity and intense contrasts
with wide margins
in very good condition
Image: 22 3⁄8 x 17 ½ in. (568 x 443 mm.)
Sheet: 27 x 21 in. (685 x 532 mm.)