ENGRAVED ENAMELLED URN. CATHEDRAL CHARTRES.

Description:
- Engraving of an enamelled urn in Chartres Cathedral, France.
- All titles and signatures are outside the plate. The draughtsman is unknown.
- In the upper margin is the legend 'France (SºXIIº) - France (XIIºS)'.
- In the lower margin is the legend 'Chafse emaillée conservée à la Cathédrale de Chartres - Enamelled urn conserved in the Cathedral of Chartres'.
- The number '273' is printed in the upper right-hand corner, suggesting that the engraving is number 273 of a series. There is another numbering at the bottom 69 France.
- Léon Gaucherel (1816-1886). Painter and engraver, born in Paris. He engraved reproductions of ancient and contemporary paintings for various archaeological publications, but then etched reproductions of ancient and contemporary paintings.
- This engraving was probably made with a steel etching plate, although a different technique could also have been used.
- It is executed in a single-colour black tone. The inking of the plate is good, and both the quality and the definition of the lines is also good, so it is probably from an early print run.
- It is probably an engraving belonging to a book, so it could have been bound.

Conservation and Damage:
- General condition: Good.
- The ink is very good, and it has a good stamping.
- The engraving is on thin paper of regular quality, glued to another paper at the corners.
- The engraving has small rust spots.
- The engraving is dirty, with the edges being much dirtier, with very small tears, and the tips slightly deteriorated with slight bends.
- If it were lightly washed and bleached, the result would be very good.

Comments:
- Measurements are approximate.
- Ideal engraving as a decorative element.
- The tones of the colours in the photos are not the same as the tones of the real colours.
- The Engraving for sale is the one that corresponds to the photos. The description is not a detailed exposition of it.
- The data provided here are personal opinions not contrasted.