Realistic Rendering of Family Dining

Clearly the artist must have witnessed this scene with these lions in their natural habitat.  Notice the artist has been "discovered" by the lion looking up from his meal.

Her drawing skills are both sensitive and accurate.

(20th century, American) A member of the National Associates of Women Painters and Sculptors, Josephine Newton Pitkin exhibited her work at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1909. She is listed in Who's Who in American Art as well as Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors and Engravers.

Pitkin was best known for her depiction of wildlife.  She was known to have resided in Scarsdale, New York.