French fairy tales: Violette and Ourson sleeping Postcard

Beautiful 1920 book illustration, restoured and retouched, by Virginia Francess Sterrett, from the fairy tale Ourson. Late art nouveau, early art deco, picturing the pretty farm woman Agnella in her fruit garden . Main colours: blue, lilac, purple, cream, red, grey. Virginia Frances Sterrett (1900–1931) was an American artist and illustrator. Sterrett received her first commission at the age of 19 (shortly after she was diagnosed with tuberculosis) from the Penn Publishing Company to illustrate Old French Fairy Tales (1920) - a collection of works from the 19th century French author, Comtesse de Ségur (Sophie Fedorovna Rostopchine). Sophie, Countess of Ségur (née Countess Sofiya Feodorovna Rostopchina; Saint Petersburg, 1 August 1799 - Paris, 9 February 1874) was a French writer of Russian birth.She is best known today for her novel Les Malheurs de Sophie ("Sophie's Misfortunes").