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Title: Three Original Etching by the Detmold Brothers Author: Detmold, Edward Julius & Detmold, [Charles] Maurice Place: Publisher: Date: 1902-1905 Description: Includes: "Eagle". 11x11 cm. (4¼x4¼") on a 28x21.5 cm (11x8½") sheet. An eagle, on a rock seen from the front and turned partially to the left, one wing raised the other lowered. A shield containing the word 'Amitie' hangs by a strap from the bough of a flowering bush. The monograms of the Detmold brothers appear in the plate in the upper corners. Signed by E.J. Detmold and initialed in pencil in the lower margin. 1902. * "Peacocks" (oblong plate). 8x16.5 cm. (3¼x6½") on a 22x29 cm (8½x11½") sheet. On the left are a peacock and peahen, standing; the foliage of creeping plants trails across the plates from the right. The distance is filled with the rays of the sun, just set. Signed by E.J. Detmold and initialed in pencil in the lower margin. * "Peacocks" (upright plate). 18.5x11.5 cm. (7¼x4½") on a 30x21 cm (11¾x8¼") sheet. A peacock stands on a slope with his tail spread and raised high behind him. On a lower level are two peahens. Signed by E.J. Detmold and initialed in pencil in the lower margin. Together three original etchings. he Detmold twins collaborated on a number of animal etchings at the close of the 19th century and the first years of the 20th century. Maurice Detmold committed suicide in 1908, Edward would go on to success as an illustrator of numerous works including The Fables of Aesop, Maurice Maeterlinck's Life of the Bee and Fabre's Book of Insects. Lot Amendments Condition: Fine. Item number: 228944