RIVER SCENE ANTIQUE SIGNED ETCHING BY ALFRED LOUIS BRUNET DEBAINES RE 1845-1939. PUBLISHED IN 1899 BY THOMAS AGNEW & SONS. BRUNET DEBAINES WAS A FRENCH ARTIST & PRINTMAKER WHO DEPICTED MOST STREET SCENES AND ARCHITECTURE. HE WAS SON OF THE ARCHITECT CHARLES - LOUIS FORTUNE BRUNET DEBAINES. IN 1863 HE BEGAN ART STUDIES AT THE ECOLE DES BEAX ARTS PARIS. DURING THIS PERIOD HE LEARNED ETCHING TECHNIQUES UNDER MASTERS SUCH AS MAXIME LALANNE AND JULES FERDINAND JACQUE-MART 1837-1880. HE EXHIBITED HIS FIRST ETCHING AT THE PARIS SALON IN 1866. AROUND 1870 HE WAS INVITED TO ENGLAND BY WRITER AND CRITIC PHILIP GILBERT HAMERTON WHO COMMISSIONED HIM TO CONTRIBUTE ORIGINAL ETCHINGS TO HIS PUBLICATIONS THE PORTFOLIO AND ETCHING AND ETCHERS. HE SPEND A CONSIDERABLE PART OF HIS PROLIFIC CAREER IN LONDON AND SCOTLAND AND REGULARLY EXHIBITED AT ROYAL ACADEMY BETWEEN 1872-1886. IN 1882 HE WAS ELECTED A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF PAINTER - ETCHERS AND ENGRAVERS. ABOUT 69 CM X 87 CM. SOME SCRATCHES TO THE FRAME.