a pair of plates depicting the launch of the French naval vessel by the Bordeaux shipbuilders, Chantiers Arman, in the presence of the Russian admiral, His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Constantin, tinted lithographs with original hand-colouring, each c.340 x 420mm., both signed in the stone, some marginal spotting and surface dirt, a few short tears at sheet edges, Paris, Lemercier, 1857 (2) *** Provenance: by descent from the collection of Dr Hektor Franz Josef von Arneth and his wife, Emma von Haurowiz, daughter of the physician in ordinary to Grand Duke Konstantin of Russia. Hektor von Arneth was first physician in ordinary to Grand Princess Helene of Russia, then appointed chief medical officer to the fleet when Konstantin was appointed admiral of the Russian navy.
a pair of plates depicting the launch of the French naval vessel by the Bordeaux shipbuilders, Chantiers Arman, in the presence of the Russian admiral, His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Constantin, tinted lithographs with original hand-colouring, each c.340 x 420mm., both signed in the stone, some marginal spotting and surface dirt, a few short tears at sheet edges, Paris, Lemercier, 1857 (2) *** Provenance: by descent from the collection of Dr Hektor Franz Josef von Arneth and his wife, Emma von Haurowiz, daughter of the physician in ordinary to Grand Duke Konstantin of Russia. Hektor von Arneth was first physician in ordinary to Grand Princess Helene of Russia, then appointed chief medical officer to the fleet when Konstantin was appointed admiral of the Russian navy.
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