Artist:  TONY GEORGES ROUX (American, 1894 - 1928)

Title:   A Pastoral Scene - A Farm Girl Takes In The Aire

Date:  1898

Medium:  Original Vintage Chromolithograph

Signature:  Signed in the plate

Size:  16 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches (31 x 41 cm)

Notes:  Le Figaro Illustre was a journal which was founded in 1826.  Firago Illustre came out monthly and used the best artists of the time. The works from the 1890's defined the "La Belle Epoque" of the 1890's.  A Journal of events and news of the time with lots of illustrations and as time went on photographs in the early 20th century. Chromolithography was the printing technique used as it offered the artists the best representation of colors and details at the turn of the 19th century.