About this work

Jennie Lewis made this (n.d.). It is now at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC.

How it was made

Lithograph: Drawn on limestone with a greasy crayon or ink. The stone is kept damp, and the oily printing ink clings only to the drawing. Invented in the 1790s, it let artists print exactly as they drew.

Jennie Lewis

born San Diego, CA 1892-died Fresno, CA 1944

Rights and the museum’s record

Public domain. The Smithsonian American Art Museum has dedicated this image to the public domain under CC0, so anyone may copy, adapt and use it, for any purpose, without asking. Our prints and files are reproductions made from the museum’s image; the museum doesn’t endorse them.

Object number: 1967.72.153
Credit: Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Type: Graphic Arts-Print
Department: Graphic Arts
Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
Museum record: See it on the museum’s site

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