Artist: Charles Édouard Delort (1841 – 1895)
Medium: Antique print after the original.
Signature: Signed in the plate, lower right.
Dimensions: Image Size 7 7/8 x 9 7/8 inches.
Framed Dimensions: Approximately 17 x 19 inches.
Framing: This piece has been professionally matted and framed using all new materials.
At the horse show an annual celebration in the Palace of Industry, Champs-Elysees.
Charles Édouard Delort was a French academic painter who was born in Nimes, France. He grew up in the area around Bordeaux, and entered the naval Academy at 12 years of age. In 1859, he moved to Paris, where he studied with Jean-Léon Gérôme and with Marc-Charles-Gabriel Gleyre lived most of his life in Paris.