"The Gleaners"
One Cent Domestic; 2-cent Foreign Postage
French Artist: Les Glaneuses (The Gleaners) by François Millet, 1857
Back reads:
M 29900 The Rotograph Co., N.Y. city. (Germany)
Paris Les glaneuses Millet
Size: 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches
Painting depicts rural life of nineteenth century France. Three women are gathering the leftovers from the harvest, a practice known as gleaning.
1901-1907