L'Estampe Originale: Album Three

This is our third installment documenting the 100 prints published by L'Estampe Originale from 1893 to 1895.  Album three is illustrated below.

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If you're interested in Album one, you can find it HERE.
If you're interested in Album two, you can find it HERE.

Paul Albert BESNARD
(June 2, 1849 – Paris – December 4, 1934)

L’Intruse or La Visiteuse
The Intruder or The Visitor (English titles)

Lithograph printed in black ink on wove paper, 1893.
References: Stein & Karshan 5; Boyer & Cate 5.
Plate number 21 from L’Estampe Originale.
Signed and numbered in brown ink.
Image size: 14 ⅛ x 18 ⅛ inches.

Henri Patrice DILLON
(San Francisco, November 28, 1850 – Paris, May 1916, 2009)

Mandoliniste
The Mandolin Player (English title)

Lithograph, with a remarque, printed in black ink on chine-collé, 1893.
References: Stein & Karshan 20; Boyer & Cate 20.
Plate number 22 from L’Estampe Originale.
Signed and numbered in purple ink.
Image size: 7 ¼ x 12 inches.

Henri FANTIN-LATOUR
(Grenoble, January 14, 1836 – Buré, August 25, 1904)

Tentation de Saint Antoine
Temptation of St Anthony (English title)

Lithograph printed in black ink on laid paper, 1893.
References: Stein & Karshan 24; Boyer & Cate 24.
Plate number 23 from L’Estampe Originale.
Signed and numbered in black crayon.
Image size: 12 ¾ x 15 ¾ inches.

Auguste-Louis LEPÈRE
(Paris, November 30, 1849 – Domme, November 20, 1918)

Blanchisseuses (Jeunesse pass vite vertu!)
Laundresses or How Quickly Youth Fades or The Washerwomen (English titles)

Soft-ground etching and aquatint printed in three colors on thick paper, 1893.
References: Stein & Karshan 41; Boyer & Cate 41.
Plate number 24 from L’Estampe Originale.
Signed and numbered in blue crayon.
Image size: 17 ¾ x 9 ⅞ inches.

Alexandre LUNOIS
(Paris, February 2, 1863 – Le Peck, September 2, 1916)

L’Illumination
The Light (English title)

Lithograph printed in five color on beige wove paper, 1893.
References: Stein & Karshan 43; Boyer & Cate 43.
Plate number 25 from L’Estampe Originale.
Signed and numbered in pencil.
Image size: 13 x 10 ¾ inches.

Maxime-Emile-Louis MAUFRA
(Nantes, May 17, 1861 – Poncé, May 23, 1918)

La Route de Gaud
The Road from Gaud (English title)

Lithograph printed in four colors on wove paper, 1893.
References: Stein & Karshan 45; Boyer & Cate 45.
Plate number 26 from L’Estampe Originale.
Signed and numbered in pencil.
Image size: 7 ⅞ x 11 ½ inches.

Victor Emile PROUVÉ
(Nancy, August 15, 1858 – Sétif, February 15, 1943)

Oiseaux de Proie
Birds of Prey (English title)

Etching and aquatint printed in olive-green on laid paper, 1893.
References: Stein & Karshan 55; Boyer & Cate 55.
Plate number 27 from L’Estampe Originale.
Signed and numbered in pencil.
Image size: 9 ½ x 16 ⅝ inches.

Carlos SCHWABE
(Alton, Switzerland, July 21, 1866 – Avon, France, January 22, 1926)

L’Annonciation
The Annunciation (English title)

Lithograph printed on Japan paper, 1893.
References: Stein & Karshan 78; Boyer & Cate 78.
Plate number 28 from L’Estampe Originale.
Monogrammed “₵” and numbered in pencil.
Image size: 10 x 13 ¾ inches.

Victor Alfred Paul VIGNON
(Villers-Cotterêts, December 25, 1847 – Meulan-les-Yvelines, March 15, 1909)

La Vache
The Cow (English title)

Etching printed in dark brown ink on Arches laid paper, 1893.
References: Stein & Karshan 89; Boyer & Cate 89.
Plate number 29 from L’Estampe Originale.
Signed and numbered in pencil.
Image size: 9 ⅞ x 10 ½ inches.

Adolphe Léon WILLETTE
(Châlons-sur-Marne, July 31, 1857 – Paris, February 4, 1926)

La Fortune
Fortune (English title)

Lithograph printed black ink on wove paper, 1893.
References: Stein & Karshan 93; Boyer & Cate 93.
Plate number 30 from L’Estampe Originale.
Signed and numbered in blue pencil.
Image size: 10 ⅝ x 9 ⅞ inches.