Do you know the artists first name and what would the original etching be worth?

Paul-Emile Lecomte

A student of his father, Paul Lecomte Sr, Paul-Emile Lecomte was a painter of potraits, streetscapes, marines and watercolours. He studied at the Cormon a l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Paris and was a member of the Minisitere de la Marine. He exibited in the Salon des Artistes Francais where he received a medal in 1902.

From: European Art Gallery - Paul-Emile Lecomte - Biography (http://european-artgallery.com/artist_page.cfm?painter=293)

Please click on the following link and look for a post dated Jan 28, 2006, 09:39 PM.

https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/art/paris-etching-society-ny-usa-161-2.html

Here's my usual C&P on this subject:


One of the best resources that I have found concerning Paris Etching Society is from Google answers, located HERE (http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=39718).
The response from scriptor-ga is very insightful.

Basically PES was set up by Sidney Z. Lucas, hence the SZL mark. He owned a printshop in New York in the years 1940 to 1960 where He
produced a large number of prints after old etchings.
Generally, prints by Mr. Lucas seem not to reach very high prices.
At the end of the day they look nice, but that's about it.
Most of what is talked about them is from people "boiler rooming" the price on the supposed French history.

I hope this helps.