XIR386248 Mireille, from the illustrated supplement of \'Le Petit Journal\', 18th November 1893 (color litho) by Cot, Pierre Auguste (1837-83); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mireille is the hero of the opera \'Mireille\' by Charles Gounod (1818-93) first performed 1864; His inspiration was a prose translation of the Provencal poem \'Mireio\' written by Frederic Mistral (1830-1914) and published 1859; Mireille is a wealthy Provencal girl who falls in love with a lowly basket-weaver, Vincent;); French, out of copyright.