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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;moreotherstuff, post: 827386, member: 56&quot;]They seem to be large, which suggests that they were marketed as decorative pieces rather than illustrating a book or magazine.&nbsp; Given that each involves the same people, and the similarity of design, it&#039;s likely they were published simultaneously and meant to be paired.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lepoittevin might have been commissioned by Goupil to produce these images specifically to be engraved, but it&#039;s all a lot of &quot;possible&quot; and &quot;maybe&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Steel plate engravings don&#039;t get a much respect.&nbsp; In the majority of cases they are copies of paintings, published for the mass market of their day, before color printing became common.&nbsp; Poor man&#039;s art.&nbsp; I&#039;m always impressed by the technical proficiency of the engravers and certainly have enough prints of this sort, but one of the reasons I have so many is because they are so inexpensive.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Skinner sale price is not surprising (although I would have expected a bit more).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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