Very Rare Adolphe Appian The Burbanche Marsh Etching Hand Signed 1869 For Sale

Original 19th century etching – French Barbizon master – large format museum size – not reproduction.SCENE: Burbanche Marsh, Ain, France – where Appian owned property – twisted gnarled oak trees left – rocks – pond shore – reeds – two ducks foreground – one swimming, one wings up taking off – water reflections – distant domed chapel on hill – cloudy swirling sky – Barbizon mood – dense crosshatch – drypoint burr.DETAILS MEASURED: Framed 25\"W x 30.5\"H – MEASURED – Vertical – Sheet ∼15W x 19H – Image ∼12W x 16H – Plate ∼13W x 17H – Original quarter-sawn tiger oak frame – reddish – 3\" wide – weathered – cream mat – tan inner mat – glass – wire – brown paper back with large water stain center but intact – see photo – No framer label – Old estate SIGNATURE: Lower left pencil \"Appian\" – cursive – oval – see photo 1 macro bottom left – authentic – matches NGA examples – pencil signed LL.ARTIST: Adolphe Appian – French – 1818 Lyon – 1898 – Barbizon School – friend Corot, Daubigny – Legion d\'Honneur 1868 – painter etcher – Known for marshes, ponds, trees – Works in NGA Washington DC (7 etchings), Metropolitan Museum (6), British Museum (12), Louvre, Bibliothèque nationale de France – \"Le Marais de Burbanche\" is in BnF catalog.CONDITION: Fair-Good – See photos – Paper cream toned – Light foxing – Strong dark black ink – Sky swirls detailed – Ducks clear – Mat toned – Frame solid weathered oak good – Glass – Back water stain but backing holds – Wire – Ready to hang