elegant at the edge of a lake
Color lithograph on China applied by Louis Vallet (1856-1940)
Signed in pencil lower left, and numbered 12/25, with a remark in etching representing an officer and his horse (bottom right)
French painter and illustrator, Louis Vallet was notably the author of 2 albums on the Chic à Cheval published in 1911, and created costumes for the Théâtre de l'Odéon. He illustrated many books and contributed to many illustrated newspapers, including humorous ones; among his favorite themes was Parisian elegance, of which this lithograph is an example. (see: Wikipedia)
Subject: 49 x 38.3 cm 12.29 x 15.07 inches
Sheet: 68.5 x 52 cm 26.96 x 20.47 in.