A color illustration of three chipmunks against a bluish night backdrop lit with glowing orbs (from plants?). At the right, a tiny fairy holds onto a forked stick that is planted in the ground, gazing up at a chipmunk who leaps through the two prongs. At left another chipmunk, portrayed from the side, stands on gray mushrooms and looks up at the leaper. In about the middle of the illustration, the third chipmunk sits on a red and white toadstool, facing the viewer head on.

Chipmunks illustration, by #DorothyLathrop (American, 1891-1980). Published in “The Fairy Circus,” 1931; source, www.swanngalleries.com/auction-lot/... #WorldChipmunkDay #artherstory #womenartists