Howard Pyle
Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Washington’s Birth-Day

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From  Harper's Weekly for March 4, 1882 : Washington’s Birth-Day by Howard Pyle The breakfast china stood in rows, And all was s...

“...and followed by Washington’s Birthday”

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“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...
Monday, February 21, 2011

Pyle, Lincoln, and Roosevelt

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“Abraham Lincoln” by Howard Pyle (1907) On this day 150 years ago - February 21, 1861 - President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrived in Philad...
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

On the Bargello, 1911

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“As to the Bargello , which was once the judgment hall and the state prison of Florence, but which is now a Museum, there are treasures bey...

On the Palazzo Strozzi, 1911

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“The Strozzi Palace is perfect, and is even yet lived in by a remnant of the Strozzi family. All around the palace there are link holes in...
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Wednesday, February 9, 2011

A. B. Frost to Howard Pyle

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Howard Pyle (right) in the summer of 1878 as depicted by his friend and fellow illustrator Arthur Burdett Frost ( Harper’s New Monthly Magaz...
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Friday, February 4, 2011

Howard Pyleiostro

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“Mr. Pyle enjoys teasing the maids, especially Lina, just how he wants his egg, due minuti [e] mezzo ; he will not learn Italian, found that...
Thursday, February 3, 2011

“Morgan at Porto Bello” (and then New York)

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Above is the earliest known letter written on this date by Howard Pyle. It is addressed to Edmund Clarence Stedman (1833-1908), the “Bank...
Monday, January 31, 2011

“His niece had found him lying dead”

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“His niece had found him lying dead” from the short story “A Life for a Life,” written and illustrated by Howard Pyle ( Scribner’s Magazine...
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011

On the Duomo di Milano, 1911

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“I do not care very much for professional sightseeing, but while I was in Milan, the hotel being near the Cathedral , I went there to see it...
Tuesday, January 18, 2011

“Is that Howard Pyle?”

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Photograph of Howard Pyle taken between December 11, 1887, and January 18, 1888 In December 1887, Edwin Wilson Morse, editor of The Book ...
Sunday, January 9, 2011

Slideshow at the Drexel Institute, January 9, 1906

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At 4.00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 9, 1906, Howard Pyle delivered a lecture illustrated with steriopticon slides titled “The True Spirit of Ar...
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Thursday, January 6, 2011

Twelfth Night, 1906

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In 1904 Howard Pyle was elected a non-resident member of New York City’s prestigious Century Association - his name having been proposed by...
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Sunday, January 2, 2011

Lunch at the White House, January 2, 1908

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One of the several lunches Howard Pyle enjoyed at the White House occurred on this day in 1908. This time, Theodore Roosevelt hosted Pyle an...
Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Howard Pyle’s Early Impressions of Italy

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Around Christmastime 1910, Howard Pyle was able to move his family from the cramped Pensione White “just on the outskirts of the slums” to “...
Wednesday, December 22, 2010

“Art” by Howard Pyle, 1908

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In a letter dated December 22, 1908, architect Cass Gilbert wrote to Howard Pyle: Your speech at the dinner was a great success. I heard ma...
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Monday, December 20, 2010

Howard Pyle at Santa Croce, December 20, 1910

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“The Gothic church of Santa Croce, begun in 1294…was completed in 1442, except the façade, which was added 1857-63. The interior, 128 yds. l...
Friday, December 17, 2010

Edwin Markham’s Poem to Howard Pyle

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Here is a poem by Edwin Markham: Art To Howard Pyle At her light touch, behold! a voice proceeds Out of all things to chide our sordid ...
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Saturday, December 11, 2010

“The best engraver in the world is Mr. French”

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The Yale Club bookplate by Howard Pyle, 1905 (engraved by Edwin Davis French) “I have long admired your very admirable work, and have lo...
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Friday, December 10, 2010

Elihu Vedder Calls on Howard Pyle, December 10, 1910

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On December 10, 1910, Elihu Vedder , the American artist and longtime resident of Italy, called on Howard Pyle at the Grand Continental Hote...
Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Howard Pyle Arrives in Italy, December 7, 1910

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The Sant’ Anna in Naples In the rain and before dawn on December 7, 1910, the Sant’ Anna , carrying Howard Pyle, his family, and his sec...
Sunday, December 5, 2010

The Red Cross Christmas Stamp, 1908

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Did you know that Howard Pyle - at the request of his friend and fellow Wilmingtonian, Emily Perkins Bissell - designed the first nationall...
Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Howard Pyle Misses the Mark?

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The latest incarnation of the Autobiography of Mark Twain has been getting a lot of press. I don’t hold out much hope that Samuel L. Clemen...

Or, “When in Doubt, Leave It Out”

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“...it is better to err in the lack of detail than it is to introduce details that may arouse question or criticism...” Howard Pyle to Pau...
Monday, November 29, 2010

From “The Lady of Shalott”

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A very early full-color illustration by Howard Pyle for Alfred Tennyson’s The Lady of Shalott , published by Dodd, Mead & Company - and ...
Sunday, November 28, 2010

At Mark Twain’s Birthday Party, 1902

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Last year I wished Mark Twain a happy 174th birthday. And 108 years ago tonight Howard Pyle and 52 other men wished him a happy 67th birthd...
Saturday, November 27, 2010

Pyle’s Art Students’ League Students?

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Here is another news item about Howard Pyle’s Art Students’ League lectures and critiques of 1904-05. This one comes from the International ...
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Friday, November 26, 2010

Howard Pyle Lectures at the Art Students’ League

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“It has just been announced at the Art Students' League that Howard Pyle will give a series of lectures on Composition, every other Satu...
Thursday, November 25, 2010

Howard Pyle’s Early Turkey

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In honor of Thanksgiving, I serve up Howard Pyle’s earliest known turkey. It also happens to be his earliest known illustration for a nat...
Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Howard Pyle’s Sketch Club

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On November 24, 1902, Allen Tupper True wrote home to his father: …Mr. Pyle’s latest innovation is a “Sketch Club” to meet once a week when...
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"Yahn Show-en-hare" is an illustrator, a genealogist, and a researcher and collector of all things regarding Howard Pyle (1853-1911) and John Schoenherr (1935-2010)
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