Botanical Pencil Drawing by Hiram Campbell Merrill, 1909 Griebel Instrument co who draws inspiration from sources

who draws inspiration from sources including Native American craft

with light wear and some spotting to the wood on one side

culture indigenous to  the Brazilian Amazon and believe it likely dates to the earlyish 20th century

to the chickens pecking away on the green next to the train tracks

masterfully executed

Botanical Pencil Drawing by Hiram Campbell Merrill, 1909 Griebel Instrument co who draws inspiration from sourcesA listed artist, Hiram Campbell Merrill (1866 1958) was a Boston born painter and engraver, who in addition to pursuing his own art worked for Harpers magazine in New York. This drawing was made on a trip to Brittany in 1909, during which he made studies that provided material for many later paintings and engravings. And a really lovely drawing it is, of a sprig of a branch with a few furling leaves, which he executed in Taden (a commune in the Ctes