This is an original, antique copper plate etching by Adolphe Eugene Gabriel Roehn of a Poacher Cleaning his Gun. The antique copper plate etching, circa mid-1800’s is on thick laid paper after the painting by Amedee Paul Greux (French, 1836-1879) in 1873. Signed in the plate. Adolphe Eugene Gabriel Roehn (French, 1780-1867) was a French artist who exhibited in the Paris Salon from Salon of 1799 to 1866, wining a second class medal at the Salon of 1819. Between 1802 and 1814, under the direction of Baron Vivant Denon, the director of the Louvre, he created a series of drawings illustrating Napoleon's campaigns in Italy. After the bloody Battle of Eylau in 1807, Vivant Denon held a propaganda contest requiring entrants depict a certain scene from the event. Roehn received a "gold medal of encouragement" (the winning entry was Napoléon on the Battlefield of Eylau by Antoine-Jean Gros). Amedee Paul Greux (French, 1836-1879) was also a French artist of the 19th-century whose work was well shown. The piece shows a small imperfection or tear at the center, but mostly is well kept. The paper measures 8-inches by 6.5-inches, the plate pressed area is 5-inches by 4-inches and the visible art is 3 5/8-inches by 3-inches. Authentic original.