Extorting Tribute from the Citizens
Date1905
Artist
Howard Pyle
(American illustrator, 1853–1911)
Illustration Citation"The Fate of a Treasure Town," by Howard Pyle, in Harper's Monthly Magazine, December 1905
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions29 1/2 x 19 1/2 in. (74.9 x 49.5 cm)
frame: 34 × 23 1/2 in. (86.4 × 59.7 cm)
frame: 34 × 23 1/2 in. (86.4 × 59.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase, 1912
Object number1912-34
On View
On viewClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextWhen Pyle's illustrations for “The Fate of a Treasure Town” appeared in 1905, they were—according to one early Pyle biographer—"the sensation of the magazine world... marvelously rich in color...dramatically stirring, and vividly romantic." The story's subject is the fall of the wealthy Colombian city of Cartagena to pirates and the seizure of its citizens' property.
