Ferdinand Sigismond Bach, known as Ferdinand Bac, was a French cartoonist, artist and writer born in Stuttgart. He moved to Paris with his mother and soon established himself as a leading caricaturist in the style of the ‘Belle Epoque’ with many of his illustrations appearing in satirical magazines such as La Caricature, Le Rire and Le Sourire among others. Collections of his drawings were published from the early 1890’s consisting of 100 drawings each portraying women in different roles such as, dancers, actresses, chambermaids, mistresses and lovers etcetera. He became one of the leading designers and cartoonists of his time equal to contemporaries such as Robida, Job, Sem, Forain and Caran d’Ache.