RUE-ST ROMAIN !! Framed Antique Pencil Signed & Titled Etching - Rue st Romain Rouen

LARGE FRAMED RARE ANTIQUE PENCIL SIGNED AND TITLED ETCHING - RUE ST ROMAIN ROUEN

A RARE ANTIQUE ETCHING MADE IN THE 19th CENTURY AND PERFECTLY MIRRORING OTHER RARE ETCHINGS OF THE TIME BY FRENCH DESSINATOR AND ENGRAVER CHARLES PINET (1867 - 1932).

THIS ETCHING HOWEVER HAS BEEN CREATED BY ANOTHER FRENCH ARTIST WHO HAS PENCIL TITLED AND SIGNED THE ITEM

IT DEPICTS A VIEW OF A NARROW COBBLED STREET IN RUE ST ROMAIN ROUEN IN FRANCE WITH AN ELDERLY WOMAN ACCOMPANYING TWO SMALL CHILDREN.        THE RUE ST ROMAIN RUNS ALONGSIDE NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL THROUGH WHICH ONE CAN ENTER THROUGH THE PORTAL OF THE BOOKSELLERS AS WELL AS THE ARCHBISHOPRIC.   IT TAKES ITS NAME FROM SAINT ROMAIN, ARCHBISHOP OF ROUEN IN THE 7th CENTURY AND ITS PICTURESQUE CHARACTER HAS MADE IT A FAVORITE SUBJECT OF ARITISTS AND ENGRAVERS

THE ETCHING IS FRAMED IN A BLACK PAINTED WOOD FRAME BEHIND WHITE MATTING.  THE FRAME HAS A BACKBOARD AND TWO METAL RINGS ATTACHED AT THE BACK FOR WIRING

STAMPS/MARKS ETC : THE ETCHING IS PENCIL TITLED BOTTOM LEFT AND ALSO PENCIL SIGNED BOTTOM RIGHT

CONDITION : THE ETCHING AND FRAME ARE IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH NO DAMAGES, CRACKS, CHIPS ETC

SIZE : 47.2cm LEFT TO RIGHT.....62.5cm TOP TO BOTTOM.....0.9cm FRONT TO BACK

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