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The image shows two objects. The left object features a rounded corner design with the text "G. SANFORD, NEW HAVEN, CONN" and an illustration of a man in a hat near trees. The right object displays a cylindrical object illustrated with a regal woman in a chariot drawn by two horses, surrounded by trees. The color palette includes pastel browns, yellows, and muted greens, with soft reds and pinks in the illustrations. Positioned to the left is the flattened paper depicting the man, while the cylindrical object with the woman in a chariot stands upright on the right.
National Gallery of Art · Index of American Design
Bandbox
Harold Merriam
- Date
- 1940
- Medium
- watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paperboard
- Dimensions
- overall: 54.5 x 69.9 cm (21 7/16 x 27 1/2 in.)
- Classification
- Index of American Design · Drawing
- Accession number
- 1943.8.8388
- Credit line
- Index of American Design
- Time span
- 1926 to 1950
- Department
- CG-W
Subjects and terms
- American
Inscription
lower right in ink: HAROLD.MERRI (cut off) / 40
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