Artist: Aime Perret (French, 1847 – 1927)
Title: Distribution of Prizes
Medium: Antique heliogravure on thick wove paper after the original.
Signature: Signed in the plate, lower right.
Dimensions: Image Size 7 3/4 x 10 inches.
Framed Dimensions: Approximately 17 x 19 inches.
Framing: This piece has been professionally matted and framed using all new materials.
A scene at the end of the school year in a French village. The master of the school, in the presence of the priest and other local celebrities, seated on a platform outdoors, calls up the prize winners one by one, and presents each with a book and wreath of artificial laurel leaves, The pupil then descends the platform, bearing the book and wreath, and proceeds to her mother, who crowns her with the wreath, and kisses her twice, once on each cheek.