Botanical Pencil Drawing by Hiram Campbell Merrill, 1909 souvenir paperweight eye-catching piece that that would

eye-catching piece that that would lend a lovely final touch to many an outfit

This snake looks almost as if it is made of wood

and one more equidistant up from the bottom

he or she packed a lot into this bucolic scene

but very good overall condition with a warm great patina

Botanical Pencil Drawing by Hiram Campbell Merrill, 1909 souvenir paperweight eye-catching piece that that wouldA 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