Peter Milton - Les Belles et La Bete I portrait Signed and numbered 42/55 in

Signed and numbered 42/55 in pencil

Signed and numbered in pencil along lower margin

Pennell was commissioned by Philip Gilbert Hamerton to illustrate a book about the Saone River

5” wide step profile frame with 22k antique gold lip

where he began a career as an artist

Peter Milton - Les Belles et La Bete I portrait Signed and numbered 42/55 inPeter Milton (b. 1930) Les Belles et La Bete I (The Rehearsal), 1977 Resist ground etching and engraving on Rives Heavyweight Buff Artist proof VI XX aside the edition of 160 plate: 19 3 4 x 35 1 2 in. (50. 2 x 90. 2 cm) sheet: 26 x 39 3 4 in. Printer: Robert Townsend Publisher: Impressions Workshop, Boston, MA