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MERRILL, EDWARD M.
The Blackville Billiard Club, A Menace to
Vignaux. “If Mr. Johnsing Make dat shot, we’ll back him again’ the hull Chicago
Turnupment.
Birch-bark on-lays against a black background, 13
1
⁄
2
x 19
1
⁄
2
inches, framed,
offered together with a small but rich archive of material on the artist, including pho-
tographs, issues of Harpers in which his work appeared, and more.
SHOULD BE SEEN
.
Concord, N.H., circa late 1870’s
[2,500/3,500]
Edward W. Merrill (1841-1910) was born into a family of New England Bible publishers, and
became an “India ink artist.” Not a great deal is known of the life of Merrill, but the material in the
accompanying archive gives some idea of his work. Art historian Frank Spinney wrote an article about
Merrill for the Maine Antique Digest, in which he stated that he was able to locate about 25 birch
bark works by Merrill. There is included an engraving of the present work, Blackville Billiard Club, as
it appeared in the pages of Harpers for 31 March, 1883.
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OLDS, ELIZABETH.
Harlem Musicians.
Color screen-print on wove paper,
11
1
⁄
4
x 18
1
⁄
4
inches (image size) full margins, matted and framed; with the Federal Arts
Project blind-stamp in the lower left corner.
Np, nd, circa 1930’s
[2,000/3,000]
A very good impression of a scarce print.
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