Ernest Montaut

He used a lithographic stone to produce an outline of the image, the Pochoir process,[3] often including the year of publication, the artist's name and that of the printer Mabileau et Cie., Paris.

Printed on the image was also a descriptive title advertising cars, tires, carburettors etc., and various sponsoring firms.

[4] Montaut's images display action, drama and derring-do – tortuous mountain passes covered at breakneck speed by the newly invented automobile.

His first motoring prints were created in the mid-1890s, and by 1897, the images had become pictorial records of the many racing events in France.

Artists known to have collaborated with Montaut include Roowy, Nevil, Campion, Aldelmo, Brie, Dufourt and Jobbe du Val.