Rectangular cardboard box decorated with a scene of a stagecoach and a hound hunt, based on a work by Harry Eliott. 
 
Born in Paris in 1882 as Charles Edmond Hermet, Harry Eliott was a French illustrator and painter whose style was deeply influenced by Victorian England. The son of printers, he adopted an Anglo-Saxon pseudonym at a very early age and developed a world blending elegance, humor, nostalgia, and meticulous detail. Renowned for his watercolors, lithographs, and engravings, he specialized in rural and animal scenes: hound hunts, inn life, and portraits of country gentlemen. A regular contributor to magazines such as Nos Loisirs, La Revue Illustrée, and Le Chasseur Français, he also illustrated children’s books for Hachette.
 
Eliott was particularly fond of the theme of stagecoach travel, a symbol of a bygone era, which he depicted with a picturesque touch and humor: panting horses, hurried coachmen, and elegantly bundled-up passengers. Inspired by the British artist Cecil Aldin, he always added a touch of humor to his compositions. Horse-hunting, a central theme in his work, allowed him to depict lively scenes in which riders, dogs, and wooded landscapes embodied the idealized rural England he cherished.
 
Bibliography: 
 
Judith Cernogora, Harry Eliott, the Gentleman Illustrator, co-published by Point de vues and the Musée de Vernon, 2011. (Illustration of a glove box on page 14)
 
Françoise Poulain and Maurice Delattre, Harry Eliott, le plus anglais des illustrateurs français, Images de Beaumont, 1994 (Arrival of the stagecoach, page 30)
 
Condition: Some wear to the paper; see photo.
 
 
 
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