illustrator frank t. (thayer merrill)

      Illustrator Frank T. (Thayer) Merrill was born in 1848 in Boston. He was the son of George William Merrill and Sarah Rose Alden. He was a native of Dorchester and lived on Tremlett Street with his wife, Jessie S. Aldrich, for many years. This old property was destroyed by fire in the 1970′s.

      Although Merrill was a prolific illustrator, very little is known about his private life. We know that he studied at Boston Latin, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and the Lowell Institute. He also traveled abroad when he was a young man to study and visit the great museums of Europe.

Links to Frank T. Merrill’s Artwork

• Some nautical works at Gaspee
• Project Gutenberg’s “Little Women,” Illustrated by Frank T. Merrill
• “The Prince and the Pauper,” Illustrated by Frank T. Merrill
• A few selections from The Childs Gallery
• “Doc.” Gordon. Illustrated in water-colors by Frank T. Merrill
• “The Girl From Tim’s Place,” Illustrated by Frank T. Merrill
• “Graham of Claverhouse,” Illustrated by Frank T. Merrill
• “Hildegarde’s Home,” Illustrated by Frank T. Merrill
• “A Lost Hero,” Illustrated by Frank T. Merrill
• “Mrs. Tree,” Illustrated by Frank T. Merrill
• “The Pleasant Street Partnership: A Neighborhood Story,” Illustrated by Frank T. Merrill
• “Rockhaven,” Illustrated by Frank T. Merrill
• “A Round Dozen,” Illustrated by Frank T. Merrill
• “The Secret Wireless: or, The Spy Hunt of the Camp Brady Patrol,” Illustrated by Frank T. Merrill
• “Six Girls: A Home Story,” Illustrated by Frank T. Merrill
• “The Story of Megellan and The Dicovery of the Philippines,” Illustrated by Frank T. Merrill
• Frank T. Merrill illustrated books by Nathaniel Hawthorne
• “The Child’s Book of American Biography,” Illustrated by Frank T. Merrill
• Paintings by Frank Thayer Merrill
• Frank T. Merrill’s bio at Dorchester Atheneum
• “Johnny Appleseed: the romance of the sower,” Illustrated by Frank T. Merrill