Rodolphe Bresdin (1822-1875) The Return of the Knight. 1871. Etching and roulette. 170x90. Van Gelder 132. Fine proof on thin white laid paper, of the print made on the worn copper and crossed out with an oblique point across the subject by P. Bresdin (the artist's son) in 1906. Slight light foxing. Good margins. Very rare (Van Gelder lists only 7 proofs of this subject, in all states). Of this subject, "only a few posthumous proofs made for Paul Bresdin in Nice are known". (D. van Gelder, Rodolphe Bresdin, catalog raisonné de l'œuvre gravé, vol. II, Paris, Chêne, 1976, p. 119).