RUSSELL PATTERSON. "The Princess, the Servant, and the King's Bequest." Illustration for "The White Snake" fairy tale, commissioned to adorn the mezzanine of Mid-Manhattan Room of Janssen Graybar Hofbrau, circa 1959. Watercolor and gouache over graphite on board. 489x356 mm; 19 1/4x14 inches, on 26x20-inch board. Signed in lower right image. Mounted to matte; framed.
Caption reads: "When the Princess saw the Golden Apple, she could think of no more tasks for the youth, so she consented to become the servant's wife. And to the servant the King gave half of his Kingdom."
