The Horse Fair

French painter. Born at Bordeaux, 1822. Unrivaled among her own sex for the minute and spirited delineation of the various forms of animal life. Her most celebrated pieces are: "The Nivernais Ploughing," "The Horse-Fair," "The Three Musketeers," and "Cows and Sheep in a Hollow Road." Through the Empress Eugenie, she received the Cross of the Legion of Honor. During the siege of Paris, her studio was spared. Died 1899