PRISONER

Original 1878 6 1/2 inch x 9 7/8 inch engraving titled THE PRISONER

A seated, loosely robed woman with long braided hair, caressing her bird above a silver plate of what appears to be bird feed.

Engraved by Auguste Danse (1829 – 1929). Belgian line engraver, later turned to etching and interpretative engraving; worked mainly in Brussels.

From the painting by Antoine Bourlard (1826 – 1899). A Belgian painter.

Published in the Art Journal by J.S. Virtue & Co. Ltd., London.

Page size 12 3/8 inch x 9 1/4 inch

The engraving is in very good condition. Reverse side blank.