Grand Walking Match at Blackville - Terrific Struggle on the Home Stretch
Edward West Merrill, American, 1841 - 1910
after Solomon Eytinge, Jr., American, 1833 - 1905
about 1879
Collage of ink, crayon, white gouache, cut out birch bark figures mounted on black construction weight paper
Sheet: 14 × 20 in. (35.6 × 50.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Phyllis and Bertram Geller 1937 Memorial Fund
D.963.49
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Drawing
Research Area
Drawing
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, lower right: E. Merrill / Concord, N.H.; titled, in white ink, lower center: GRAND WALKING MATCH AT BLACKVILLE-TERRIFIC STRUGGLE ON THE HOME STRETCH
Provenance
Raymond G. Clifton (1895-1968), Pine Cupboard Antique Shop, Franklin, New Hampshire; sold to present collection, 1963.
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