Beautiful large format engraving of a dutch man with a pipe walking his draft horse along the edge of a canal. Windmill and sailboat in the background.
Signed F.B. and dated [18]97 in the upper right hand corner.
GASTON GOOR is listed in the Benezit Dictionary of Artists which provides an extensive list of his illustrated books including “Le Voyage de Shakespeare,” by Leon Daudet, Le Jardin des Letters by Jacques Bainvilles Motherland and Contes Philosophiques by Charles Maurras. CIMA TAVANNES – The Cima Tavannes watch company was founded in 1891 in Tavannes, Switzerland (near Le Locle) by F. Henri Sandoz.The company produced both simple and complicated watches, including chronographs. The company ceased production in In 1966 and the rights to the brand name passed to Chronos Holding.