Artist: Paul Léon Gagneau (French, 1848 – c.1910)
Medium: Antique heliogravure on thick wove paper after the original.
Signature: Signed in the plate, lower left.
Dimensions: Image Size 6 3/8 x 10 3/8 inches.
Framed Dimensions: Approximately 15 x 19 inches.
Framing: This piece has been professionally matted and framed using all new materials.
A farmer’s wife stands on the bank of a river, and hails the boatman on the other side to come and carry her across. Heavy black clouds are rolling up from the horizon. She wants to get home before the storm bursts. She seems to have been digging potatoes. Her face is unusually refined, and her feet are very large.