Howard Pyle
Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Mrs. Pyle and the Yacht Alicia

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Some odd Pyle trivia now. On April 19, 1890, in Wilmington, Delaware... The steel steam yacht Alicia was launched from the Harlin [ sic ]...
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Friday, April 15, 2011

Howard Pyle’s Civil War: “Malvern Hill”

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“Malvern Hill” by Howard Pyle (1896) A tailpiece by Howard Pyle for his Civil War story, “The Romance of an Ambrotype,” printed in Harper...
Tuesday, April 12, 2011

“I’ll knock the — — head off of you!”

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Headband for “A Transferred Romance” by Howard Pyle (1892) I seem to be featuring many of Howard Pyle’s “modern” illustrations - I mean ...
Friday, April 8, 2011

“While yet her cheek was bright with summer bloom”

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“While yet her cheek was bright with summer bloom” by Howard Pyle (1886) Another great Howard Pyle composition inside a square (okay: it’...
Wednesday, April 6, 2011

“The greater you are, the more folks envy you”

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“I had enemies in my line” by Howard Pyle (1898) More wonderful grouping from a “lost” Howard Pyle - well, “lost” inasmuch as the origina...
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Tuesday, April 5, 2011

“Looking into the Prussian Lines...”

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“Looking into the Prussian Lines from the Château de la Muette” by Howard Pyle (1886) Speaking of Howard Pyle’s penchant for nicely unexp...
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Monday, April 4, 2011

“Washington Firing the First Gun at the Siege of Yorktown”

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“Washington Firing the First Gun at the Siege of Yorktown” by Howard Pyle (1898) Such nicely abstract grouping by Howard Pyle here. But “...
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Sunday, March 27, 2011

“Washington in the Garden at Mount Vernon”

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“Washington in the Garden at Mount Vernon” by Howard Pyle (1896) What was on the mind of Howard Pyle - then in the midst of illustrating ...
Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Still in Howard Pyle’s Studio

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Olive Rush and Ethel Pennewill Brown in Howard Pyle’s Studio in 1911 or 1912 (Blanche C. Grant, photographer) I was looking for this pict...
Friday, March 11, 2011

In Howard Pyle’s Studio, 1911

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Ethel Pennewill Brown in Howard Pyle’s studio, 1911 Olive Rush, Blanche Grant, and Ethel Pennewill Brown in Howard Pyle’s studio, 1911 ...
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Saturday, March 5, 2011

Howard Pyle is 158 Today

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Howard Pyle (1896) by Frances Benjamin Johnston It’s Howard Pyle’s 158th birthday today. If you’re curious about where exactly he was bor...
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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"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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