Louis Carrogis Carmontelle 18th.Century French School Red Chalk Drawing Circa.1770 Empire Century Hand coloured mezzotint engraving

Century Hand coloured mezzotint engraving published by J Hinton London 1804

Abraham Jan Ruytenschildt 1778-1841 Dutch School Late 18th

Trimmed within plate line minor worming to no real detriment

4 cms Sheet

Louis Carrogis Carmontelle 18th.Century French School Red Chalk Drawing Circa.1770 Empire Century Hand coloured mezzotint engravingLouis Carrogis Carmontelle 1717 1806 French School 18th. Century Red chalk drawing on laid paper. Study of a young woman in a landscape holding flowers. 21 by 25 cms. Circa. 1770. Carmontelle was a French dramatist, painter, architect, set designer, author, and designer of one of the earliest examples of the French Landscape Garden, The Parc Monceau, in Paris. He also invented the transparent, an early ancestor of the magic lantern and motion picture,