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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;moreotherstuff, post: 4458988, member: 56&quot;]This was in the package with all those stamps.&nbsp; (131 stamps used for postage.)</p><p><br /></p><p>An etching of the Chateau du Buron by Emmanuel Phelippes-Beaulieux (1829-74), who did both the drawing and the etching. Not a copy of a painting this.&nbsp; From 1866.</p><p><br /></p><p>I like the overall naivete.&nbsp; The man was a lawyer with drawing and etching as a side line. (Doing a bit more online research - seems that being a lawyer was the side line.)</p><p><br /></p><p>The arms at the bottom are Hersart du Buron.&nbsp; There&#039;s every indication that the artist and the Hersart family were well acquainted.</p><p><br /></p><p>The image measures about 8 1/2&quot; by 12 1/4&quot;, but it&#039;s on a sheet that&#039;s more like 18&quot; by 25&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]384464[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The corner notations give an idea of his process:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]384465[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]384466[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A hunter and his dog:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]384467[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A party on the terrace:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]384468[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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