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May 2006 Fine Art and Antiques Auction

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239. Frank Thayer Merrill (American, 1848-?)

A pair of black & white illustrations. Watercolor en grisaille with white highlighting, one signed in the lower right corner, one in the left. Each image measures 15" x 9-3/4" sight size, with framing overall 26" x 19". One illustration depicts people at a table weighing a precious object, either gold or stones. The other has a narrative in which a king backs away from a dinner table with others surrounding him. An elderly man lies on the floor in the foreground while two people attend him.



400/600   Sold $218.50
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