Mister Moustache

I have to assume this picture fell out of a book, but I couldn't find which book it might belong to. Oddly, many old books have pictures taped or glued in just on one edge. I cannot imagine the assembly line required for a large printing order of a book. Craziness.

This picture immediately had me thinking of Madeline, who lives in a house in Paris that is all covered in vines. There's one story about a next door neighbor boy they call "the bad hat". He causes all sorts of trouble, of course by the end of the book, they are all great friends. This man reminds me of his father.

It's a beautiful print, about 8 x 11 inches in size. The shading and coloring reminds me a bit of Toulouse-Lautrec's style. But what do I know.