Featured Help identify coloured prints (1850?)

Hello everybody. I found these two in a goodwill shop. I love the drawing and colour. I just wonder if they are printed, not drawing (which i assume they are printed) and been coloured after? The frame is around 20x20 cm with a hard paper as a cover (please see pictures). I took them out from their frames. The drawing is on the thin paper which look pretty old. The back cover of one of the drawing has a pencil written the date 24 May 1850 and a name (i cannot figured out what). I would love to know more about them. I would be very appreciate if you help me with any information on these two prints. Thank you very much. Have a lovely day.

Watcha

 

Aren't those sweet? To my eye, everything look right for a 1851 date. Figures appear to be wearing some type of traditional costume. Perhaps someone can identify by the surrounding flowers. A French speaking country, of course.

Debora

 

Yes they are lovely. I’m thinking of fixing their frames a bit. Thank you so much Debora.

 

If they were mine, I wouldn't fiddle with them too much. There original state adds to their charm. JMHO.

Debora

 

That make sense. I love how it look. Just those nails in the back bother my eyes a bit. I will try to do it as minimum as possible. Thanks for your advice.

 

They look like they may be hand-colored engravings.

 

Thank you so much for your info. Look at their surface, they are smooth and does not seem like they have been engraved. But I don’t really have much knowledge about it.

 

They well be hand done by someone with great talent and training. Lots of fine work there. (All that cross hatching!)

Debora

 

"Engraving" refers to the metal plates (either copper or steel) that were used to produce the prints. The prints themselves will appear fairly smooth. But there may be what is called a "plate mark" around the border of the images, which is an impression left by the metal plate when it is pressed into the paper to print the image. If these are original prints from engraved plates, there should be a plate mark, unless the edges have been trimmed.

 

I do not notice any plate mark on it. I think the paper has been trimmed to make it smaller. I Really appreciate your help. Thank you.

 

I wonder if the blue flowers may be a type of clematis?