1906 Color Print Birket Foster Rouen France Cathedral Haute Normandie XAT7 BSK1 Brooke Adams

Brooke Adams

The image depicts the difference between "cheap" paint and Dutch Boy paint

Impressed by the quality

Hay is used instead of wheat: it is more convenient

1906 Color Print Birket Foster Rouen France Cathedral Haute Normandie XAT7 BSK1 Brooke AdamsThis is an original 1906 color print of the marketplace of Rouen which is a city in the Haute Normandie (Upper Normandy) region of northern France. The famous Rouen Cathedral's towers can be seen in the distance. The original artwork in this print was created by Myles Birket Foster (1825 1899). Foster was an English watercolor artist and illustrator. He was born in North Shields, England, to a Quaker family. Foster was apprenticed to a wood engraver