illustratorillustratorFrank T. MerrillFrank T. Merrillhttps://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/haggard/editions/images/000/000/87/original/theYellowGodCupplesCover.jpeg?1480717178The illustrator Frank Thayer Merrill was born in Boston on 14 December 1848. Merrill was educated at Boston Latin, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and the Lowell Institute. Merrill is perhaps best remembered today for ...The illustrator Frank Thayer Merrill was born in Boston on 14 December 1848. Merrill was educated at Boston Latin, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and the Lowell Institute. Merrill is perhaps best remembered today for illustrating Louisa May Alcott’s <span style="font-style:italic;">Little Women</span> in 1880. He married Jessie S. Aldrich. <h4>Further Reading</h4> <p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in">Merrill, Jr, John Alden. "Frank Thayer Merrill's Boston Sketches." <span style="font-style:italic;">Old-Time New England</span>. Boston: SPNEA (Summer 1966): 15-20. Print.</p> <p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in">Hardacker, Andy. <a href="http://www.dorchesteratheneum.org/page.php?id=549">“Re: Overview: Frank T. Merrill.”</a> <span style="font-style:italic;"> Dorchester Atheneum</span>. 9 Oct. 2005. Web. 16 Oct. 2013.</p>

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Frank T. Merrill

The illustrator Frank Thayer Merrill was born in Boston on 14 December 1848. Merrill was educated at Boston Latin, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and the Lowell Institute. Merrill is perhaps best remembered today for illustrating Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women in 1880. He married Jessie S. Aldrich.

Further Reading

Merrill, Jr, John Alden. "Frank Thayer Merrill's Boston Sketches." Old-Time New England. Boston: SPNEA (Summer 1966): 15-20. Print.


Hardacker, Andy. “Re: Overview: Frank T. Merrill.” Dorchester Atheneum. 9 Oct. 2005. Web. 16 Oct. 2013.

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Illustrations by Frank T. Merrill