FINISTERE (29) - LANDERNEAU - "Eglise de PENCRAN". 19th century. Original sketch (probably by Félix Benoist) in graphite, heightened with white gouache, on grey wove paper. PREPARATORY DRAWING for the lithograph entitled "Eglise de PENCRAN près de Landerneau (Finistère)", for the album "La Bretagne contemporaine", published in 1865 by Charpentier. Annotated at the foot in pencil "No costumes, scenes of Messrs. and ladies visiting the place" & "effect and depth / remove the trees from the 1st plan on those in the background / take good care of the architecture and details of the bell tower, the 2 crosses". 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 Nantes (from 1854). 30 x 22.5 cm. Condition A (well preserved).