A densely printed border incorporates a tone on tone ground setting off alternating reserves...

A densely printed border incorporates a tone on tone ground setting off alternating reserves of urns and scenery. In the center, a 19th century couple pauses to look about a landscape of prosperity complete with two oversize beehives.

One can view this pattern as an image of the new 19th century wealth after the fall of the...

One can view this pattern as an image of the new 19th century wealth after the fall of the ancien regime in France and the receding power of the land based English gentry. Remember that beehives symbolize the virtue of industry.