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Message:: [QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 4531795, member: 56"]Can't you take it out of the wrapping and give us a clear look at the image? Bear in mind that he spent a lot of time in France - including this period. I think it says "W. B. Closson pinxl. et sc.", which means that the drawing was his own work and he engraved the print as well. ("et" being French for "and") [ATTACH=full]400617[/ATTACH] Very frequently, at least three different specialists were involved in the process:  the guy who created the original image (without a thought to it being reproduced), another guy who did an intermediary image, in reverse and in black and white, and then the guy who took that intermediary image and engraved a printing plate based on it.  In this case it was all done by the one artist.  I'm guessing this image is the reverse of his original drawing. I think it's fair to say that most engravings from the 19th C and earlier are one person reproducing another person's work in a different medium, e.g. painting to engraving.  There are certainly plenty of exceptions, but so far as reproductive technology in multiples was concerned, engraving and etching was all that was available. Those artists who did the whole process themselves were entirely aware that making multiples was a means of producing lower priced works, in the most labor and cost efficient manner, for people who could not afford the unique pieces.[/QUOTE]