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x	Lot 71	Palmer Cox						1840-1924		x
x		Brownies engaging in political discourse in large hall.								x
x		The Brownies in Faneuil Hall, Boston Book illustration: The Brownies Through the Union, by Palmer Cox, 1895; Pen & ink, 10.25 x 14", signed ll								x
x		Estimate: $1,800 - 2,400								x
x		Literature - Roger W. Cummins, Humorous But Wholesome; A History of Palmer Cox and the Brownies (Century House Americana Publishers, 1973), p. 141.								x
x		Condition - Overall good: light brown stain center, several figures on left side pieced together on separate pieces of paper and laid down, with small glue stains at edges; light surface soil; matted and framed.								x
x		The Brownies were the first mass-market children's characters and were used to sell many products as well as books from the 1880s to the 1920s. The inscription on his tombstone reads, “In creating the Brownies he bestowed a priceless heritage on childhood.”								x
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