Birds And Woman

Black and white etching, in three vertical registers or columns; at left, a pheasant or peahen flies toward the viewer with outstretched wings; at center, a walking bird pokes its long beak through the letter "O" and several duck chicks look toward the letter "L"; at right, a large, mature woman, wearing a striped victorian dress and delicate bonnet, is depicted from the waist up, in three quarter profile view, looking toward the upper left corner of her register, with a pleased expression on her face; titled "Essais d'eau-forte: charge d'une brosse dame agee..", 1867. (Etching Test: Taking on a Large Woman); numbered and signed, with notes at the base of the image; by the illustrator Felix Bracquemond. From the New York Public Library. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)