The Horse Fair, 1852?55, Oil on canvas, 96 1/4 x 199 1/2 in. (244. 5 x 506. 7 cm), Paintings, Rosa Bonheur (French, Bordeaux 1822?1899 Thomery), This, Bonheur's best-known painting, shows the horse market held in Paris on the tree-lined Boulevard de l'Hopital, near the asylum of Salpetriere, which is visible in the left background. For a year and a half Bonheur sketched there twice a week, dressing as a man to discourage attention