Lepoittevin--Le coup de l'étrier--c1845--Stroobant lith, François Stroobant, c. 1845

Eugène lepoittevin, le coup de l'étrier (a kick in the stirrup, i. E. , one for the road), lithograph, 23 x 2. 5 cm; the banner reads "cabaret du camp. Le poittivin loge à pied à cheval'. " when exhibited at the paris salon of 1845, the painting was such a success that the artist made more than one variant, as well as this lithograph version executed by françois stroobant (1819-1916). Date: c. 1845.