This easel is inspired by Roger Jullian himself. For it was he who dreamed of traveling around France easily with all his supplies; his invention that made it possible was his French Easel. The Escort is a new economy version of the original easel where you get the same utility without as many bells and whistles. Believe it or not the final product is remarkably like the first ones produced. Expertly crafted the only considerations made for economy were the canvas shoulder strap instead of leather, standard handle instead of leather wrapped, Elmwood instead of Beach wood and screws instead of the traditional rivots