The Dead Deer manuscript title within the drawing

by J. R Williams

$2,250 · Offered by Bartleby's Books

Mercer, PA: 1869. Pen-and-ink drawing on paper, 16 1/2 x 20 inches, probably for a newspaper or periodical advertisement, depicting a slain 12-point buck lying on the ground in a mountainous terrain, trees in the background, vegetation in the foreground, a sad- looking hound curled up beside the deer; in the left foreground is a cluster of overlapping 3 x 1 3/4 inch business cards, one for the artist, Mercer Gun Shop / J.R. Williams. / Manufacturer and / Dealer / in / Rifles, / Shot Guns, /

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