À Haarlem (Hollande)

Etching, printed on beige paper, lower left in the image: ‘à Haarlem. 1877’; lower right the signature ‘Lalanne’; lower left below image ‘Maxime Lalanne, del et sc.’;  lower middle ‘À HAARLEM (Hollande)’; lower right below image ‘Fçois Liénard.Imp.Paris’. Third final state.

Maxime Lalanne,(1827–1886) throughout the course of his artistic career produced over 200 prints and innumerable drawings. His wide range of imagery fascinated publishers and collectors alike and his treatise on etching became one of the guiding texts on the subject. Working alongside the publisher Alfred Cadart, Lalanne diligently worked to raise the profile of printmaking. As a founding member of the Société des Aquafortistes, he was a central figure of the etching revival, serving simultaneously as a fine artist, an intrepid entrepreneur, and a teacher.

References:

Villet, The Complete Prints of Maxime Lalanne, 121; Henri Beraldi 103 (vol. 9, p. 21).