Parisian Poet and Moulin Rouge Dancer Illustration

This illustration centers on a romance between an English poet without money and a Moulin Rouge dancer in early twentieth-century Paris. Their love is challenged by a wealthy duke who desires her and by the illness she faces, as the story unfolds around the city at dawn.

A whimsical, dreamlike approach gives the dramatic love story the feel of a picture-book tale. The concept suits a literary romance book cover or a poster that introduces a period story.