After Joseph VERNET (1714 - 1789) The port of Antibes in Provence seen from the land side. 1762 Cf. Arlaud 249 Engraving by Charles Nicolas Cochin and Jacques Philippe Le Bas Exceptional proof on watermarked laid paper with all margins untrimmed H. 53 cm - W. 73.5 cm (larger margins) AC Freckles mostly visible in transparency, paper breaks and the beginnings of a tear in the right-hand margin, verso dusty. "The success of this series was so great that latecomers were refused" [to the subscription]. Pierre Arlaud, Catalogue raisonné des estampes gravées d'après Joseph Vernet.