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Large, copperplate French engraving "Naufrage" by Jean-Jacques Avril (1775) after Claude-Joseph Vern

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Large, copperplate French engraving  Naufrage  by Jean-Jacques Avril (1775) after Claude-Joseph Vern
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Large, copperplate French engraving "Naufrage" by Jean-Jacques Avril (1775) after Claude-Joseph Vernet work of 1755. 26" x 19-1/2", the actual image about 22" x 15". A well-known shipwreck scene with survivors pulling wreckage ashore near a castle, slightly foxed and with light tears along border (repaired) but the image intact, the paper watermarked with date of 1784 and manufacturer name with bell symbol.