Howard Pyle (American, 1853-1911). Becky Sharp and Lord Steyne, Pictures from Thackeray, Harper's Magazine frontispiece,...

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Howard Pyle (American, 1853-1911)
Becky Sharp and Lord Steyne, Pictures from Thackeray, Harper's Magazine frontispiece, December 1906
Oil on canvas
31 x 20 inches (78.7 x 50.8 cm)
Signed lower right: H. Pyle

PROPERTY OF A DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN FAMILY

PROVENANCE:
Private collection, Florida;
By descent to the present owner.

LITERATURE:
Harper's Magazine, New York, December 1906, illustrated as frontispiece;
"A Revolutionary Force in American Art," Literary Digest, New York, March 23, 1907, p. 465, illustrated;
W.M. Thackeray, The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray, New York, 1910, illustrated as frontispiece.
W.S. Morse and G. Brinckle, Howard Pyle: A Record of his Illustrations and Writings, Wilmington, North Carolina, 1921, p. 50, no. cxiv;
P.P. Davis, Howard Pyle, His Life -- His Work, New Castle, Delaware, 2004, pp. 53, 461, 763, illustrated.


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