hand-colored stippling, decorative depiction of a cherry branch with fruit, in masterly coloring, inscribed lower left "P. Bessa pinx" and right "Lambert sculp. / London Victor Delarue Publisher", later print from the original plate for Bessa's "Fleurs et Fruits" , (Paris & London: Danlos ainé & Victor Delarue 1808), large watermark of the Librairie Dorbon-Aîné lower right, slight signs of age (including evenly slightly browned, slightly wavy, 1 x tear approx. 1.5 cm), sheet approx. 54 x 40 cm, around 1900
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143. Kunst- und Antiquitätenauktion am 22. November 2024