Young chef explaining a recipe, La recette du cuisinier, L'eau-forte en 1877, French etching from 1877, print, collector's mark: 'AFE v S', printmaker: Théodule Augustin Ribot, publisher: widow Alfred Cadart, Paris, 1877, paper, etching, drypoint, intaglio printmaking technique, height 267 mm x width 182 mm, cook, A monochrome etching shows a person seated at a table wearing a wrapped head covering and a loose, light-colored garment with a dark collar or scarf; the face is rendered with dark lines and shading, showing eyes looking forward and slightly parted lips, with detailed line work indicating facial features and hair under the head covering. The person's arms rest on the table, hands extended forward with fingers visible and detailed crosshatching on sleeves and hands. A small animal, appearing to be a cat, lies on the table near the hands with its body and face outlined in the same etched style. The background is filled with dense vertical and horizontal hatch marks creating a t...
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Young chef explaining a recipe, La recette du cuisinier, L'eau-forte en 1877, French etching from 1877, print, collector's mark: 'AFE v S', printmaker: Théodule Augustin Ribot, publisher: widow Alfred Cadart, Paris, 1877, paper, etching, drypoint, intaglio printmaking technique, height 267 mm x width 182 mm, cook, A monochrome etching shows a person seated at a table wearing a wrapped head covering and a loose, light-colored garment with a dark collar or scarf; the face is rendered with dark lines and shading, showing eyes looking forward and slightly parted lips, with detailed line work indicating facial features and hair under the head covering. The person's arms rest on the table, hands extended forward with fingers visible and detailed crosshatching on sleeves and hands. A small animal, appearing to be a cat, lies on the table near the hands with its body and face outlined in the same etched style. The background is filled with dense vertical and horizontal hatch marks creating a textured, dark field behind the figure. The lower edge of the image contains a light border area.

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Young chef explaining recipe La recette du cuisinier L'eau-forte en 1877 French etching 1877 print collector's mark AFE v S printmaker Théodule Augustin Ribot publisher widow Alfred Cadart Paris paper etching drypoint intaglio printmaking technique height 267 mm x width 182 mm cook monochrome etching person seated table wearing wrapped head covering loose light-colored garment dark collar scarf face rendered dark lines shading showing eyes looking forward slightly parted lips detailed line work indicating facial features hair under head covering person's arms rest table hands extended fingers visible detailed crosshatching sleeves small animal appearing cat lies table near body face outlined etched style background filled dense vertical horizontal hatch marks creating textured dark field figure lower edge image contains light border area

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