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HENRY G. PLUMB. Group of 4 illustrations of mice. Mixed media and sizes as noted, all framed. Most are Plumb's charming genre scenes (marked as such on label) that he did as jobwork for various publications. Largest image is 368x267 mm; 14 1/2x10 1/2. Signed lower margins. Circa 1880s-90s.
Undated pastel, ink, and watercolor of a rat on a rock, reaching out toward an empty bottle of rye floating on the water "Hello!, Hello!" Watercolor, ink, gouache and graphite illustration of a cat peering down into a basket with a hole in the bottom revealing a nest of mice on a coiled up clothesline, one peering back at him. With a letter from a conservator in 2001 explaining work that was performed on the artwork in 2001 "Comin' Through the Rye." Color lithograph of two cute mice facing each other in triumph after boring through a loaf of rye bread. Dated 1882 in the image "The Corn Crib." Oil on canvas of a mouse and her babies munching on a corn cob. Label on rear with title and date of 1889.
