Engraving, late 19th century, signed Louise Abbema (1853-1927), the sheet measures 26 x 35.5, the work 12x16. Very good condition, except for traces of humidity at the bottom of the document (visible in the photos). Portrait of his master Charles Chaplin (1825-1891). Louise Abbéma was born in Étampes on October 30, 1853, Étampes where her father, Viscount Abbema, was then station master. Only daughter and pampered, if not adored by her parents. At a very young age, Louise was attracted to drawing and took lessons from Charles Chaplin (1825-1891), Jean-Jacques Henner (1829-1905) and Carolus-Duran (1837-1917). is abundant as well as varied, because this artist has voluntarily always avoided too narrow a specialization, and we owe her as much portraits as decorative panels, illustrations, fans, advertising drawings and a thousand other creations on themes and various mediums. Louise Abbéma obtained her first success at the age of 18 with a portrait of Sarah Bernhardt (1876), for whom she became the appointed portrait painter. The affair she had long maintained with this actress was notorious. In 1894 Feydeau alluded to it in her play, Le Ruban She exhibited regularly at the Salon des Artistes Français until 1926. Her works were praised by J.-K. Huysmans in 1879, but disappointed him in 1882. She obtained an honorable mention for her decorative panels in 1881, a bronze medal at the Universal Exhibition of 1900, the Knight's Cross of the Legion of Honor in 1906. In addition to numerous portraits, Louise Abbéma painted many decorative panels, with a predilection for floral subjects, in the form of etching, watercolours, pastels or gouaches. Some of these panels covered the walls of the Hôtel de Ville and several Parisian town halls (at least those of the 7th, 10th and 20th arrondissements). She also worked for magazines such as the Gazette des Beaux-arts and L'Art, and illustrated various books, including La Mer, by René Maizeroy. His most important portraits are those of Sarah Bernhardt, Ferdinand de Lesseps and Henner, as well as Carolus-Duran and Charles Garnier (the latter two portraits having been exhibited in the Fine Arts Palace during the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893 with those of Sarah Bernhardt, who for her part exhibited a bust of Louise Abbéma).