Théophile Alexandre Steinlen's "At the Water's Edge" is a color lithograph created for the illustrated edition of Gil Blas, the classic picaresque novel. The composition captures a moment of dramatic action with figures positioned dynamically along a waterfront, rendered in Steinlen's characteristic fluid line work and vibrant color palette. As an accomplished illustrator and poster artist of the Belle Époque period, Steinlen brings narrative vitality and social observation to this scene, translating the adventure and movement inherent in the literary source material into the expressive medium of color lithography.