Ruth Shute would create the underlying drawing of the subject, while Samuel Shute would then paint the image using either watercolor or oil paint as the medium. Sometimes this would be denoted on the signature that was found on the back of their paintings in order to identify their separate contributions to the work: “Drawn by R. W. Shute/ and/ Painted by S. A. Shute.”.Avery, Kevin J. American Drawings and Watercolors in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, vol. 1. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2002.
