George Matthews Harding story illustration for Harper's Magazine (1911): a beautifully framed antique

"It was the richest cargo they had ever seen"     By George M. Harding    For "Wreckers of the Florida Keys" by the Artist    Harper's Magazine. V. 123. June–November 1911     November issue. Page 275. IMAGE INFORMATION     Image Size: H 9.25” x W 6.25”     Matted & Framed:  H 15.25” x W 12.25”     Framed Price: $185.00       Packaging and shipping approximately $22.00 . GMH probably met Norman Duncan (1871–1916) while sketching “some phase of fishing life” in Newfoundland in 1904. His friendship with Duncan brought the young artist one of his first commissions, being the job of illustrating Duncan’s story about a family that lived in a fishing village in Newfoundland. The Cure of Hezekiah appeared in a 1907 issue of Harper’s Magazine. The first of his own stories that GMH illustrated appeared in the April 1909 issue of Harper’s Magazine. When Our Ship Went Down contained GMH's firsthand account of a seal hunting expedition into the frigid arctic. During the voyage, the vessel car