ISABEY Jean-Baptiste (after) (1767-1855)... - Lot 55 - Eric Caudron

ISABEY Jean-Baptiste (after) (1767-1855) - "Congress of Vienna". 1819. Large and rare etching and stippling by Jean GODEFROY (1771-1839). Ref: I.F.F After 1800, n°27. Proof on wove paper. Copper margins. France, Austria, Prussia and England meet to decide, after the ousting of Napoleon I, on a new balance in Europe (to determine among others the borders and to try to establish a new peaceful order). Beautiful representation surrounded by the Arms of the participating states, the plenipotentiaries and the profiles of the European sovereigns. Talleyrand represented the France of Louis XVIII. RARE. 66,5 x 88,3 cm. Condition C (cut at the copper mark, reverse side unstained, rare scratches in the subject, some short tears and marginal stains...).