In honor of International Talk Like a Pirate Day here is something from Howard Pyle. “The Song of Captain Kidd” is, in fact, one of Pyle’...

“He lay silent and still, with his face half buried in the sand” (1890) Howard Pyle painted “He lay silent and still, with his face half ...

“Cap’n Goldsack” by Howard Pyle (1902) Henry Edward Rood, an assistant editor at Harper’s Monthly , got to see Howard Pyle’s original i...

“ Macarooned ” “Marooned” by Howard Pyle (1909) The Delaware Art Museum’s lovely, landmark show, Howard Pyle: American Master Rediscov...

On September 13, 1903, Howard Pyle jotted down this drawing in a little notebook belonging to his student Thornton Oakley. Some years later...

Behold, two great versions - two great visions - of the same scene from Kidnapped : “I saw him pass his sword through the mate’s body” by...

“Blackbeard's last fight” by Howard Pyle (1894) Finally, some pirates. On June 4, 1894, Howard Pyle sent the last two illustrations...

Above is the earliest known letter written on this date by Howard Pyle. It is addressed to Edmund Clarence Stedman (1833-1908), the “Bank...

“I think that pirate duel is the most terrific thing I ever saw. I had almost all the sensations I have enjoyed at a prize fight. Oh if I we...

I hope this will make up somewhat for my long delay in posting anything - and for my even longer delay in posting a picture. "'B...

Howard Pyle crossed paths with Yale University a number of times during - and after - his lifetime. In 1903 he delivered the Anniversary Add...

“Lola” by Howard Pyle (1908) In 1925, Estelle Taylor, Hollywood actress and wife of world heavyweight champion boxer Jack Dempsey , remini...

“Pirates used to do that to their Captains now and then” by Howard Pyle (1894) “…‘Too good - too good,’ The pirate captain dead on the san...

The January 11, 1890, issue of the New York Ledger included a “Souvenir Supplement” featuring “The Captain’s Well,” a poem by John Greenlea...