OVERALL SIZE OF PRINT INCLUDING BORDERS: 10 3/7 x 7 1/2
SCAN ABOVE MINIMIZED TO FIT BROWSER

CONDITION: There is staining on the bottom of the left side , but it doesn't go into the plate at all. Clear and sharp with beautiful detail. As scanned. Blank on the back. Heavier paper.

Francois-Claudius Compte-Calix,(1813-1880) - Francois-Claudius Compte-Calix was born in Lyon on August 27, 1813 and died in Chazay d’Azergues on July 29, 1880. He received his formal training at the Beaux-Arts de Lyon from 1829 to 1833 under Professor Claude Bonnefond (1796-1860). Compte-Calix returned to the Academie to further his studies and teach drawing from 1835 to 1836. He debuted at the Salon de Lyon in 1837 with a watercolor, Portrait de l’autuer et La résistance and at the Paris Salon of 1840 with La Sœur cadette, époque Louis XIII et La resemblance. Compte-Calix soon became a regular exhibitor at the Salons. He exhibited portraits, romantic genre scenes and anecdotal historical scenes. Francois-Claudius Compte-Calix became a very successful engraver. His style of etching was easily adapted to his paintings. He was commissioned to illustrate numerous books and several romantic books of poetry.

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