Antique Chromolithograph Portrait of a Victorian Lady Circa 1900 Art Print

Early 20th-century chromolithograph depicting a young Victorian woman with curled hair, a floral headpiece, and a pastel gown adorned with chrysanthemum flowers. Soft color palette typical of turn-of-the-century decorative prints. Presented in a vintage wooden frame with matting. Handwritten note on the mat reads in French chromolithographie vers 1900. The frame shows age-appropriate wear. Print has minor spotting consistent with age. This item is in pre-owned, previously displayed condition with light wear and surface markings. Please reference all photos for full condition details.

Artwork. 21 1/4" x 27" x 1". Weight: 5.8 lbs.

This item is originally from the collection of liquor icon Michel Roux. One of Mr. Roux’s signature spirits at Crillon was absinthe, the anise-flavored spirit known for its popularity among 19th-century artists like van Gogh and Toulouse-Lautrec. It was banned by the United States in 1912 amid concerns that wormwood, one of its ingredients, which contained thujone, caused hallucinations. In 2000, Mr. Roux introduced a legal absinthe, Absente, which used a sister botanical, Southern wormwood, with only trace amounts of thujone.