This etching by Jacques Camus is an illustration from the book The Girl With the Golden Eyes, a tale by Honore de Balzac, and published in a new deluxe edition in 1944.  The image shows Henri being escorted to meet Paquita.

This etching is a strong impression in black ink with clearly visible plate marks. The image is one of the full-page impressions on fine watermarked Johannot wove paper with no text. This etching came from book number 65 from a total edition of 90 in this paper. (Numbers 1 through 10 were printed on a different variation of Johannot paper; numbers 11 through 100 were printed on this paper; numbers 101 through 300 were printed on Marias paper. Total edition size in all papers is 300.)

Title:                      Untitled Etching No. 7 from La Fille Aux Yeux D'or (Henri escorted to meet Paquita)

Artist:                    Jacques Camus (French)

Image Size:             8-5/8 inches H x 6 inches W (21.9 cm x 15.2 cm)

Paper Type:            Johannot wove with in lower left of each double-size book page.

Date:                     1947

Condition:  Strong impression on off-white watermarked Johannot paper. Paper has very slight toning at the edges.

Original Book Location:  Page 85, with no text on front or back.

J D Smith Fine Art will provide a Certification of Authenticity.  A photocopy of the title page and the Tirage de Justification page for the book will be provided to the buyer.

Price is $19.00 USD.  Shipping cost is $6 USD to North America. The piece will be shipped insured, wrapped in acid-free tissue in a heavy cardboard flat pack.