Adolphe Lalauze (French, 1838-1906) after Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815-1891). Etching on laid paper after an 1869 Ernest Meissonier painting titled "Playing Bowls at Antibes" depicting an a group of figures playing a ball game outside city walls, 1883. Signed in plate by Lalauze along the lower right. Meissonier signature and date in plate along the lower right of the image. The print is from Albert Wolff "Cent Chefs-d'Oeuvre: The Choice of French Private Galleries." Paris: Georges Petit and Ludovic Bashet, 1883. Distributed by Knoedler & Co., New York.
Height: 12 1/2 in x width: 17 3/4 in. There is light toning and undulation to the sheet throughout. There is light wear along the edges. Pencil number 14 along the upper right corner. There is a minute hole along the lower right corner of the image; the hole is only noticeable upon close inspection or with a back light. Not framed.