Bidspirit auction | Victorian Benjamin Williams Leader and

Victorian Benjamin Williams Leader and Theophile Chauvel Pencil Signed Landscape Etching - A large-format Victorian-era etching on paper, after an original painting by the English landscape artist Benjamin Williams Leader (1831-1923). The print is executed by the French etcher Theophile Chauvel (1831-1909), featuring a classic English river scene with tall pine trees on a grassy bank and sheep grazing in the distance, all set under a dramatic, cloud-filled sky. A clear plate mark surrounds the image, which is printed in black ink with tonal variations suggesting the use of aquatint or drypoint. The print is pencil-signed by the artist in the lower left margin as 'B. W. Leader' and by the etcher in the lower right margin as 'Th. Chauvel'. No other maker's marks or inscriptions are visible. The artwork is housed in a contemporary black-stained wooden frame with a gold-tone inner slip behind glass.