L'Écureuil 1830 - 1900

"L'Écureuil" (The Squirrel) is a lithograph print by MM. Best, Leloir, Hotelin et Régnier, created between 1830 and 1900. The print depicts two children, a girl and a boy, standing in a forest setting, with a dog at their feet. The girl points up at a squirrel in a tree. The print is part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection in New York City, NY. The image is an example of a 19th-century Romantic genre scene, known for its sentimental and nostalgic subject matter and detailed rendering.