Small Things

A finely lined black-and-white wood engraving on cream paper shows a rabbit-like animal with long upright ears, rendered in dense hatching, crouched beside a small mouse with a long curling tail; a thin, bare tree stands at the lower edge against an empty ground line. Handset letterpress text in pale blue-gray sits in the upper left, reading "It was the start of only a small thing, but it is only the sum of many small things that makes something great." The composition leaves large areas of blank paper around the two animals, with a small pencil signature at the lower left.