Lot 531: Two Frederic Gruger illustrations (Frederic

Two Frederic Gruger illustrations (Frederic Rodrigo Gruger, Pennsylvania, 1871-1953): "From time to time Gervase smiled a little, quietly, when he thought no one was looking", illustration for Porter Emerson Brown, Somewhere In, McClures Magazine, July, 1916, illustrated page 29, signed lower right "F.R.G.", 14-1/2 x 10-3/4 in., pencil inscriptions in margins, label upper right "Please return this drawing", handling grime, toning, wood frame; group of three elderly people conversing and seated in an interior, signed lower left "F.R. Gruger", inscribed verso "12/6/Unidentified", 11-5/8 x 15-5/8 in., hinged at top, light toning, gilt wood frame, each graphite on card Both frames with abrasions. The Estate of the Late Margaret D. Gruger, Anderson, South Carolina