The Large Self-Portrait

JEAN-ETIENNE LIOTARD (1702-1789) The Large Self-Portrait mezzotint with roulette and engraving, circa 1778-80, on laid paper, indistinct Words watermark, a very good impression of this rare and important print, a proof before letters, with wide margins, a horizontal printer's crease, flattened folds at the left and right of the image and along the platemark below, some pale staining in the margins, otherwise in good condition Plate 447 x 398 mm., Sheet 550 x 438 mm.