In 1866, 13-year-old Howard Pyle, then visiting Washington, D.C., wrote to his father, “Please tell me in thy letter wether I can stay [in] ...

“In Memoriam” by Miss Sophie B. Steel Last year on St. Valentine’s Day I posted an article about the holiday written by Howard Pyle and...

Would you like to own Howard Pyle’s “In the Prison” from Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker by S. Weir Mitchell? Now’s your chance. The original 18 ...

The following tidbit comes from the article “Artist-Authors” by Alpheus Sherwin Cody in the May 26, 1894, issue of The Outlook : Howard Py...

Not all of Howard Pyle’s illustrations just “fell off his brush” - I mean, where his concept was vivid enough that he could go straight from...

On May 19, 1896, Howard Pyle wrote to Woodrow Wilson: In thinking over the subject for this Sixth Washington Article, I would suggest, by y...

STIBBERT MUSEUM, housed in the Villa Stibbert, at Montughi, about a mile and a half beyond the Porta San Gallo. Open on Tuesday, Thursday, ...

“If it is a legitimate product, such as the DuPont Co.’s or an Insurance Co. or something of a like nature, I think the work is dignified an...

Little is known about this Howard Pyle sketch, but I don’t doubt its authenticity. While the “modern day” costume of the disheveled, Charles...

On May 2, 1909, a syndicated article appeared in newspapers across the United States. The writer was James B. Morrow and the subject was How...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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 ...

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...

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

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...

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...

“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...

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

“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...

“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...

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

“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...

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

“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...