"Study of a Frog Studying Various Plants" 
France, 19th century
OIl on paper
Signed
14 x 10 (18 x 14 frame) inches
 
This well-painted composition of a frog which seems to be observing plant elements surrounding it, most notably, the leaves. 
 
Signed Bourdillat who was a painter in 19th century France may have been commissioned by a publisher to illustrate books for the Jardin de Plantes in Paris.