Watercolor and ink on paper, 10¾x19½ (image size about 7½x16). Signed by the artist in the image.

Thacher Hurd is the award-winning author and illustrator of "Santa Mouse and the Ratdeer", "Art Dog", "Zoom City", and "Cat's Pajamas". He and his wife Olivia live in Berkeley, California. He is the son of Clement Hurd. This is an original illustration used in "Pea Patch Jig", depicting the mouse parents relaxing on the porch in the beet garden while their daughter hides upstairs from the human farmer. A few printer's markings in the margins.