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This vintage postcard is a color lithograph of a painting titled
In the Basket. The artwork, signed by the French artist Daniel Merlin (1861–1933), depicts four fluffy tabby and ginger kittens playing near and inside a wicker basket with a ball of blue yarn on a reddish rug.
Merlin was known for his paintings of cats and kittens in domestic scenes, often creating mischief, in a style popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries

postmark 1938
quality VG
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Daniel Merlin (1861–1933) was a French animal painter born in Audigny, France, who is almost exclusively known for his paintings of cats and kittens. He studied under the French history painter J.P. Laurens in Paris and regularly exhibited his work at the Salon des Artistes in the city until his death