I remember when I first saw this illustrated verse by Howard Pyle: I thought, “Wait a second - THIS isn’t in Pepper & Salt !” No, it...

“Myles, as in a dream, kneeled, and presented the letter” illustrates the following passage from the second installment of Howard Pyle’s nov...

Title-page drawing for The Wonder Clock (“1887” was changed to “1888” in the first edition of book) No, you won’t find a major exhibiti...

Decorated title for “Good Gifts and a Fool’s Folly”- Harper’s Young People version (1890) Decorated title for “Good Gifts and a Fool’s F...

I was just looking through Howard Pyle’s under-appreciated book of fairy tales, Twilight Land , and came across this picture: the untitled t...

Howard Pyle’s headpiece for “The Staff and The Fiddle” in Harper’s Young People for August 31, 1886. It was later included - with some slig...

“Enter Fourth of July bowing and followed by Washington’s Birthday” by Howard Pyle from “The Revolt of the Holidays” by E. I. Stevenson ( H...

“A Victim to Science” by Howard Pyle ( Harper’s Young People , November 20, 1883)

A teeny, tiny (1.5 x 4.6"), untitled vignette from “Wisdom’s Wages and Folly’s Pay” by Howard Pyle. It debuted in the November 5, 1889,...

“The Children are sent to the Asylum.” I know how they feel. This lovely pen and ink (about 9 x 7.5") is typical post- Pepper-and-Salt ...

“On Saturday I resumed work upon the illustrated verse. It progresses much more slowly than I had hoped. The printing of the letters of the ...

Almost, but not quite - as you'll discover when you read the accompanying, oddly-metered verse. "Jeremy Black's Fourth of July...

Howard Pyle's headpiece for his fairytale "Master Jacob," first published in Harper's Young People for June 29, 1886, and...

This fool - a detail from the illustrated verse “Venturesome Boldness” ( Harper’s Young People , August 26, 1884) - has the distinction of b...

The tiny and terrific "Down fell the fisherman" from "Where to Lay the Blame" by Howard Pyle was first published in Harp...

Howard Pyle's "A Newspaper Puff" appeared in Harper's Young People for March 24, 1885, and in Pepper and Salt later tha...

The Flight from Falworth Castle (Harper’s Young People, January 20, 1891) “I know nothing about the story: do you? No? Well, the picture ...

We don’t usually associate Howard Pyle with Santa Claus, but Harper’s Young People for December 18, 1883, features Pyle’s only known publi...

One of the remarkable things about Howard Pyle the craftsman - or, in this case, the draughtsman - was his skillful use of so many differen...

As a footnote to my post about Howard Pyle’s black and white oil painting for Men of Iron , I present the illustration as it appeared in ...