The Quaker Gem by Lesley Crawford, Amer., (1887-1963) Photogram The beguiling cat seems content

The beguiling cat seems content none the less

In later years

inky fingerprint to  left margin edge center

Most of her prints were produced in very small editions

and several other contemporaries escaping the bustle of New York for the tranquil beauty of the rural countryside

The Quaker Gem by Lesley Crawford, Amer., (1887-1963) Photogram The beguiling cat seems contentLithograph, 1940's, 13 3 16 x 9 3 4, Ed. unknown, pale trace of mat line trace of old, bottom center margin edge, light toning verso, on thick smooth cream wove paper 16 x 11 3 4, signed and titled in pencil. Crawford studied at the ASL with Nicolades, and spent her life between Summit New Jersey and Springfield VT. She made a number of lithographs with urban, rural, interior and still life subjects. The Quaker Gem was an ornate and popular cast iron