Ninth in a continuing series of fine Disney fanart drawings by Bob Ito
<ito@[...]>.

	_A Mermaid_ (Pl.55) is one of his most delicate conceptions,
	and understandably he has lingered long in bringing it to
	perfection....The mermaid combs her hair while the small waves turn 
	endlessly behind her on the sea-margin and the massive rocks.  As
	always, Waterhouse is able to capture the natural moment of
	stillness; the comb pressed to the end of the auburn tress, the 
	parted lips and dreaming eyes speaking of thoughts far away...

				--Anthony Hobson, J. W. WATERHOUSE,
				   Phaidon Press, 1989, p.80, on the painting
				   _A Mermaid_ (1901) by Waterhouse
				   (1849-1917)

	_A (Disney) Mermaid_ (388x476x2, 6122 bytes) is one of his most
	delicate conceptions, and understandably he has lingered long in
	bringing it to perfection...The mermaid combs her hair while the
	small waves turn endlessly behind her and her finned friend on 
	the sea-margin and the massive rocks.  As always, Ito is able to 
	capture the natural moment of stillness; the dinglehopper pressed to 
  	the end of the auburn tress, the parted lips and dreaming eyes 
	speaking of princes on land far away, the cup she stole from another
	Disney movie...
				--Amberle Ferrian, R. ITO,
			            FDC Press, 1994, on the knockoff drawing
				    _A (Disney) Mermaid_ (1994) by Ito
				    (19??- )

This image will be available shortly via anonymous ftp from cco.caltech.edu 
(131.215.139.20, 131.215.6.9), /pub/disney/images/ito/, where previously 
posted drawings reside.  They're also available via the World Wide Web, on 
http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~dacut/fdc.html.  Contact the archive maintainer, 
David Cuthbert <dacut@[...]> for more details, and Bob 
<ito@[...]> for comments and queries on the drawings.  
Please ftp during off-peak hours if possible (4am-11am PST, GMT -0800).

Most people aren't familiar with the original painting, unlike the case with
Bob's last knockoff, "Mona Belle".  So I've posted a color image of 
"A Mermaid" to alt.binaries.pictures.misc for your viewing and comparing
pleasure.  (It really is quite amusing to see the two side-by-side.  :-)
The original will also be available from cco.caltech.edu.  If you can't
access a.b.p.m and can't ftp, please drop me a line <amberle@[...]>
and I'll be happy to email you a copy.

I am cross-posting this image directly to r.a.d and r.a.a because it is
very small--roughly the size of a long regular post.  If you feel
this is a problem, please let me know.

If you would like to receive scans of future drawings as they become
available (whenever Bob feels like doing 'em, and I get around to scanning
and posting 'em :-) please drop me a line and I'll add you to the distribution
list.