Hiver
1858
Step into a freezing French farmyard with Edmond Morin's 1858 illustration 'Hiver' (Winter), where the cold hasn't stopped the daily chaos. While a figure in the background battles deep snowdrifts with a shovel, a group of children in the foreground are busy with their own winter projects—one climbs a large barrel, while others huddle around a small lamb, perhaps trying to share body heat. A rooster pecks at the frozen ground in the foreground, adding to the lively, rustic atmosphere that defines this charming slice of 19th-century rural realism.