Charles Jean Louis Courtry, French, 1846 to 1897, limited edition photo engraving on paper, Whipper in Sounding La Sortie De Leau, 1893, after the original painting by Paul Tavernier, French, 1852 to 1943. From Charles M. Kurtz, Illustrations from the Art Gallery of the Worlds Columbian Exposition, Philadelphia: George Barrie, publisher. Signed in the plate lower right and left. Additionally inscribed in pencil lower left. Copyrighted 1893 by Geo Barrie upper to the center. Impressed stamp of the Chicago World Expo lower left. Paul Tavernier was a French painter who specialized in hunting scenes and animals. He was a student of Alexandre Cabanel, Adolphe Yvon and Gustave Guillaumet, who advised him to visit North Africa as a means of lightening his palette. He had his debut at the Salon in 1876. Three years later, he began painting en Plein aire near Barbizon and came under the influence of the painters who had made up the art colony there. A French nineteenth century etcher, Charles Courtry studied etching techniques in Paris under Francois Flameng and Leon Gaucherel. Courty is also known for copperplate engraving and illustration but during his career focused primarily on etchings, completing around 500. Antique Graphic Art Prints and Collectibles.