Original etching of 1858 with the portrait of the composer Daniel-Francois-Esprit Auber (1782-1871), the great representative of French opera comique and director of the Paris Conservatoire. Engraved by Edmond Hedouin after the portrait painted by Paul Delaroche, signed and dated in the plate and lettered «AUBER» below.
Original etching of 1858 with the portrait of the composer Daniel-Francois-Esprit Auber (1782-1871), the great representative of French opera comique and director of the Paris Conservatoire. Engraved by Edmond Hedouin after the portrait painted by Paul Delaroche, signed and dated in the plate and lettered «AUBER» below.
Pierre Edmond Alexandre Hedouin (1820-1889) was a French painter and etcher, one of the leading reproductive engravers of his time. The sheet carries the publisher's imprint «Marchant, Edr Alliance des Arts, rue de Rivoli, 140», of Paris.
Medium: Etching.
Artist / after: Paul Delaroche (Hippolyte Delaroche, 1797-1859).
Engraver: Pierre Edmond Alexandre Hedouin (1820-1889).
Date: 1858.
Source: Marchant, Alliance des Arts, rue de Rivoli 140, Paris.
Dimensions: Plate mark 10.9 x 8.4 in (27.8 x 21.3 cm).
Condition: Good general condition, with a faint damp stain on the right-hand side of the sheet, outside the image.