Pen, ink and watercolor of Mercer Williams House11”x8” by Ed Pyrch
Made famous by the book and movie Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Jim Williams purchased this vacant house in 1969 for $55,000. Designed by architect John S. Norris for General Hugh Mercer, great grandfather of Johnny Mercer, it was begun in 1860, interrupted by the Civil War, and completed for John Wilder by 1868. Dorothy Kingery, sister of the late Jim Williams, now resides in the house. According to Chatham Counnty, the house is valued at $2,444,000. This Italianate house and carriage house takes up an entire block.
When I was on site working on this drawing I noticed that the trademark wisteria vine that hung over the frontispiece was missing. I don't know if it was removed permanently or just for painting or what, but I left it off this rendition. Chelsea, Kathleen and I took the tour of the first floor and I really enjoyed walking through these well proportioned spaces.
I sold a 4"x5" mini water color of this painting today at the Gallery by the Sea to a nice young couple from Texas here on their anniversary. I have two more 4"x5" framed and matted mini watercolors left at $30.00 each. I can create any size watercolor desired because I have a digital photo of the line work before I added the watercolor to the original, so I just print out the line work on watercolor paper. The original pen and ink and watercolor is on illustration board and has a beautiful traditional gold leaf decorative frame and double matt. It will go home to the first collector with $600.00 plus shipping. Email me at epyrch@gmail.com for prices on a custom size original watercolor. Also, these make great gifts, and remember that I can do a custom house portrait of your home. For more info on this house go to http://www.mercerhouse.com/
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