Comédie de la Mort

Date: 1854
Medium: Lithograph on cream Chine appliqué
Dimensions: Plate: 242 x 157 mm.  9 1/2 x 6 1/8 in. Sheet: 319 x 248 mm.12 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.
References: Neumann 44; Van Gelder 84, first state of six, before removal of the signature and date “R Bresdin 1854” (the “4” inverted) within the image lower left, printed in 1854; before all subseqent later editions and address changes|
Edition: Few printed, from the first edition of Bertrand and Berthère in Toulouse
Provenance: Private collection, U.S.A.; to David Tunick, Inc., New York
Impression: Very fine
Condition: Minimal spotting, soiling, and soft handling crease in the wide margins