Stone engraving

by Théodore Maurisser fl. 1834-1859 after the sculpture by Jean-Pierre Danton Jeune 1800-1869 by Henri-Montan Berton

$350 · Offered by J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians

A full-length caricature of Berton in profile standing on a square block dressed in a long coat with musical notation to lapel and edge, hat in hand. Image size 180 x 50 mm., sheet size 260 x 170 mm. Slightly foxed; upper left corner of blank margin torn away. A very good impression on wove paper. A French composer, violinist, teacher and writer, Berton was musical director at the Théâtre de l’Impératrice Opera

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