This work is partially printed and partially hand-colored.The text reads,"Mr. J. Atkinson Grimshaw confers with his friend, the Butterfly of Battersea Reach, as to the proportions of mastic to copal in the constitution of Noctournal Sauce" Wikipidia: John Atkinson Grimshaw (6 September 1836 "“ 13 October 1893) was a Victorian-era artist, a "remarkable and imaginative painter" known for his city night-scenes and landscapes. His early paintings were signed "JAG," "J. A. Grimshaw," or "John Atkinson Grimshaw," though he finally settled on "Atkinson Grimshaw." Grimshaw's primary influence was the Pre-Raphaelites. True to the Pre-Raphaelite style, he created landscapes of accurate colour, lighting, vivid detail,and realism. He painted landscapes that typified seasons or a type of weather; city and suburban street scenes and moonlit views of the docks in London, Leeds, Liverpool, and Glasgow also figured largely in his art. His careful painting and skill in lighting effects meant that he captured both the appearance and the mood of a scene in minute detail. His "paintings of dampened gas-lit streets and misty waterfronts conveyed an eerie warmth as well as alienation in the urban scene." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.