The Little Dancer (La Petite Danseuse)

Jean-Louis Forain was one of the best-known caricaturists and illustrators of the Third Republic. His subjects ranged from the demi-monde—backstage life at the opera, cafés, and brothels—to the law courts and such political subjects as the battles and effects of World War I, and, in his last period, to religious themes. The son of a housepainter, he was, for a brief time, a student of Gérôme and C…