MANCHE (50) - "Cascade de MORTAIN (Le Saut du Puits.)". 19th century. Original Sketch by Félix Benoist (1818-1896) in graphite on wove paper. Signed by the artist lower right. PREPARATORY DRAWING for the lithograph entitled "Cascade de MORTAIN, Le Saut du Puits", from the album "La NORMANDIE ILLUSTREE", published in 1852 by Charpentier. Provenance: Fonds of the Charpentier workshop run by Pierre-Henri (1788-1854) and his son Henri-Désiré (1806-1883), printers and publishers based in Paris, then in Nantes (from 1854). 27 x 18.5 cm. Condition A (foxing on verso, subject in good condition).