HAUTE-SAVOIE (74) - "The SIXT Valley and Abbey" (SIXT-FER-A-CHEVAL). 19th century. Original graphite drawing by Félix Benoist (1818–1896) on mounted China paper. PREPARATORY DRAWING for the lithograph titled "Valley and Abbey of SIXT," for the album "NICE AND SAVOY" published in 1864 by Charpentier. A second drawing on the reverse (location unidentified). Provenance: Collection of the Charpentier studio, directed by Pierre-Henri (1788–1854) and his son Henri-Désiré (1806–1883), printers and publishers based in Paris, then in Nantes (from 1854 onward). 21 x 31.7 cm. Condition A (good condition).