Au Lavoir Gravure de Smeeton et Tilly, d’après le tableau de Fernand Pelez. At laundry. Engraving by Smeeton and Tilly, after the tableau by Fer...

After a painting by Fernand Pelez, a Spanish-born artist living in Paris known for painting beggars and the homeless, circus performers, and the poor. Genre paintings like this became popular in the 19th century, alongside more traditional formal classical portraits and hunting or battle scenes. Often they are very idealised, but i think not here. #vintageArt #fobo #laundry #washing #vintageEngraving #GIMP #GIMP3 #GImp_3