1872 Wood Engraving Mary Ancel William Makepeace Thackeray Love Romance XGCA9 YALD1 maker of Albany Lubricating Grease

maker of Albany Lubricating Grease

This is an original circa 1901 black and white wood engraving of a painting by Richard Beavis (1824-1896) entitled "Collecting Wreck on the French Coast" that depicted a group of peasants and soldiers salvaging shipwrecks along the seacoast near Ambleteuse

This is an original 1897 black and white wood engraving of a figure sketch of lovers

They were located at 8 rue Paul Baudry

Academy Award winner and holder of the Academy's Irving Thalberg Award

1872 Wood Engraving Mary Ancel William Makepeace Thackeray Love Romance XGCA9 YALD1 maker of Albany Lubricating GreaseThis is an original 1872 black and white wood engraving of a sketch by English novelist William Makepeace Thackeray (1811 1863) which accompanies the story of the fair Mary Ancel, a maiden from Alsace Lorraine, France. The youth embracing her in the illustration was her cousin, they were extremely fond on one another. The man about to smack him is her father, Edward. Although their love was requited, they never married, as circumstance saw it fit to