Bidspirit auction | Walter Arthur Cox after Jean-Louis-Ernest

Walter Arthur Cox after Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier, The Card Players, Colour Mezzotint - A colour mezzotint titled The Card Players, engraved by Walter Arthur Cox after the original 1872 painting by Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier. The scene portrays two men in late 18th-century dress, one wearing a red coat and the other a blue coat, seated at a rustic wooden table while playing cards in a tavern setting. This print employs the mezzotint technique to achieve soft tonal transitions and deep, saturated colours. It features the printed signature and date Meissonier 1872 within the lower right of the image, and a pencil signature from the engraver W. A. Cox in the lower right margin. An embossed circular blind stamp is visible in the lower left margin. The work is presented in a modern frame with a light-coloured mount, showing a distinct plate mark. Plate mark and sheet size dimensions not measured.