Festus had run away a coward, but he was brave enough all through that last night and day.

Festus had run away a coward, but he was brave enough all through that last night and day.
Festus had run away a coward, but he was brave enough all through that last night and day.

Festus had run away a coward, but he was brave enough all through that last night and day.

Date1921
Artist (American illustrator and portraitist, 1889-–1980)
Illustration Citation"Idols" by Richard Washburn Child, in Hearst's International combined with Cosmopolitan, August 1921
MediumCharcoal and chalk on gray laid paper
Dimensionscomposition: 17 3/4 × 17 3/4 in. (45.1 × 45.1 cm)
sheet: 18 1/4 × 18 1/4 in. (46.4 × 46.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Jane and Benjamin Eisenstat, 1979
Object number1979-80
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextBorn in Ohio, Maurice Bower was raised in Philadelphia and attended Pennsylvania State University. He studied at the School of Industrial Art under Walter Everett, a former Howard Pyle student. Bower’s earliest illustrations appeared in St. Nicholas. For five years, he lived part-time in Paris while on assignment for the McCall Corporation, and had work published by all the major magazines, including The Saturday Evening Post, where he contributed several covers in the 1930s. Bower worked in charcoal and oil, and his rich tonal style is evident in both media.
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