Benjamin Jean Pierre Henri Riviere (known as Henri) was born in Montmarte, Paris in 1864 and was known mainly as a woodcut and lithograph print maker. Many of his prints are of scenes in Brittany and Paris including illustrated books for example “Trente-six vues de la tour Eiffel” (1902) and “Le Beau Pays de Bretagne” (1897) among others. He first visited Brittany in 1884 and returned each year until 1916 when he ended his print making activities, publishing his last print in 1917. He contributed to many of the prestigious art journals and portfolios of prints of the late 19th. century including L’Estampe Originale among others. Many of his coloured lithographs were printed by the Parisien master printer Eugene Verneau. Ref: Armand Fields: Henri Riviere. 1983.