"Bend in a Stream with Three Ducks" by Edith Penman, Amer., (1860-1929) Tempera That Daumier was known to

That Daumier was known to indulge in a little black humor

and "Pendeltons Lithography Boston" at lower right

SC where I purchased 3 pieces from his estate in the late 1980's

barely visible

Thorpe often favored a dramatic black background to focus the viewer's attention on the vibrant color and delicate silhouette of blooms and foliage

"Bend in a Stream with Three Ducks" by Edith Penman, Amer., (1860-1929) Tempera That Daumier was known toEtching. ca. 1890, ed. unknown, 6 7 16 x 9 3 16, signed in script in the plate below the image along with an etched dragonfly remarque, on thick stiff cream wove paper. Light soil, a few faint spots of foxing mostly in the margins, and browning at margin edges from contact with the previous frame. The artist was a member of both the New York Etching Club and the Byrdcliff Arts & Crafts colony in Woodstock, New York.