Etching printed in black on light tan Chine collé, 1861. 212x160 mm; 8 3/8x6 1/4 inches, full margins. Third state (of 6), with the artist's signature lower left, but before lettering and the reduction of the plate and before publication in the Gazette des Beaux Arts. A superb, richly-inked and early impression with strong contrasts. Delteil 17; Melot 17.
