Framed engraving, The return to the Country, Alsace by J.Hesse War 1870 Strasbourg

This beautiful framed antique engraving is titled "le retour au pays" by the printer j.hesse. After the war of 1870, this engraving depicts soldiers, men and women in mourning, a child and an alsatian woman in a cemetery. It is a landscape of desolation and ruin with strasbourg cathedral in the background. This original engraving is framed by a marie-louise, preserved in a superb gilded frame with gold leaf. The four corners are decorated with rock arabesques. The paper is yellowed grayed out. It is not a recent print but an authentic old print. The frame measures 77 cm X 66 cm. I report small chips on the frame and wear of the gilding in places.

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