Eugène Delacroix (France) 1798-1863

Un Forgeron (Blacksmith). Aquatint, 1833. Delteil 19, iv/VI. Ref: Beraldi, p. 157, iii/III; Prints & People, Hyatt Manor, no. 623, with illust; A History of Engraving and Etching, Arthur Hind, p. 313; Morceasu, 21; Robaut, 459; Escholier, p. 345 with illust; Bailly-Herzberg, p. 92. With the artist’s monogram in the plate, upper right. Printed by Delatre in black ink on sturdy cream laid paper with margins, as issued. 159 x 95 mm. (6 1/4 x 3 3/4 in.) MX8U613B

1500.

This impression doesn’t appear to have been part of the edition published by Cadart for La Societé des aquafortistes as evidenced by the lack of a Cadart address but with the Delatre address. The plate was acquired by Cadart after the artist’s passing about 1869. Whether Cadart acquired the plate from Delatre is not clear. However, the skillful, sensitive printing of the plate — where there is only aquatint — could indicate an earlier intermediate state between Delteil’s fourth and fifth states.