This rather charming painting, by the French artist Pierre Edouard Frere (1819-1886) is actually called 'At Her Lessons'. It's one of series of so-called cottage paintings which, though Wikipedia calls them sentimental, are very evocative of life in the French countryside in the mid-19th century. In fact I like them so much that I'm going to show you another one right now.
Two for the price of one. What more can you ask?
