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France, Jean Cantacuzène, 1918, a uniface lead-washed maquette for the plaque by A. Lavrillier, Cantacuzène left, examining a specimen under a microscope, 150mm (cf. BM Acq. 1978-82, p.57, 91; cf. DNW 49, 1034). About very fine, very rare (£60-80)

A very early study by this artist; his plaque of Cantacuzène was issued in 1933