(BENJAMIN FRANKLIN) Pierre Michel Alix engraver Untitled por

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Sale 2687 - Lot 145

Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000

(BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.) Pierre-Michel Alix, engraver. Untitled portrait after Barbier's drawing of Houdon's bust. Crayon manner engraving, 26¾ x 19½ inches; minimal foxing, minor wear and dampstaining outside the platemark; untrimmed with large margins. [France], circa 1800

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The source image was a drawing by Jean Jacques François le Barbier of the well-known bust by Jean Antoine Houdon. None traced at auction since 1921; one in OCLC (at Yale, donated in 1948).

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