Rodolphe Bresdin (1822-1875) The Watercourse. 1880. Etching. 210x134. Van Gelder 144. Fine proof on Van Gelder Zonen ivory laid paper (watermark: arms of Holland). Minor rubbing and slight epidermis under the subject on the surface, probably from the print run. Small remnants of the mounting tabs at the head of the recto. Full margins. The old prints are "on the whole, of fairly good quality, but the cleaning of the edges of the plate has sometimes blurred the sides of the composition, particularly in the treetops to the left and right". (D. van Gelder, Rodolphe Bresdin, tome II, catalog raisonné de l'œuvre gravé, Paris, Chêne, 1976, p. 142).