Bliss Manufacturing Co. Litho Animals on Wood Bases wet paint with the sullen subject reluctantly

with the sullen subject reluctantly sitting for the portrait

but with their own distinct sensibility

including one figure smoking from a pipe

with no apparent loss of gravel at all

Bliss Manufacturing Co. Litho Animals on Wood Bases wet paint with the sullen subject reluctantlyI'm pretty certain this gang of seven was once part of a larger animal fleet produced by R. Bliss Manufacturing Company (Pawtucket, Rhode Island, 1832 1935), which came along with a wonderful Noah's Arc. Very late 19th or early 20th century, I believe, they're still in very good shape, litho on die cut cardboard (printed on both sides) and mounted on wooden bases. I think I'd just march them along the front of a shelf to make myself happy! Set of