Bidspirit auction | 19th c. Engraving Dessins d'enfants

19th c. Engraving Dessins d'enfants d'apres F. Boucher by Émile Wattier - Description: Rare Original Antique French Engraving from 'Dessins d'enfants d'apres F. Boucher' ['Children's drawings after F. Boucher'] by Charles Émile Wattier (1800-1868) after François Boucher (1703-1770), c. 1840 | Depicting scene of three cherubs from a series of the four seasons, this being plate number 19 titled L'AUTOMNE [Autumn] | Inscribed under image: LL: ”Boucher inv.”; LR: ”Emile Wattier del” LC: ”Imp. Lemercier Paris”, ”Paris Fabré, Editeur, Quai des Grands-Augustins 41” Approx. Size: Frame: 18” H x 22” W; Sight: 10” H x 14” W Medium: Brownish Red Ink on Paper Frame: Matted & framed under glass After: François Boucher Print made by: Émile Wattier Printed by: Lemercier & Cie Published by: Fabré Date: Circa. 1840 Notes: From the original book 'Dessins d'enfants d'apres F. Boucher' (Paris, Fabré and Troude) n.d.; containing 64 lithographs by Wattier after Boucher, most showing scenes of cherubs including series of the seasons, elements and types of love, and of young muses, with plates numbered from 1 to 64. [Not from later reprint - Oeuvre de Boucher reproduit par Emile Wattier d'apres la gravures des dessins originaux' by Fabré in 1884].