GAUCHER CHARLES ETIENNE (1748-1807) after JEAN BAPTISTE GREUSE (1725-1805) of the bust of JEAN ANTOINE HOUDON (1742-1828) Portrait of the Empress Catherine II

paper, engraving with a chisel sheet – 26,7 x 20,1 cm, imprint – 24,7 x 18,5 cm executed in 1782 The engraving was intended for the publication of C. F. Lubersac de Livron ‘Premier discours sur l’utilite et les avantages que les princes peuvent retirer de leurs voyages’ (St. Petersburg - Paris, 1782)