Another rush of breakers pitching the boat, corklike into the air
Date1900
Artist
Howard Pyle
(American illustrator, 1853–1911)
Illustration Citation"A Life for a Life," by Howard Pyle, in Scribner's Magazine, January 1900
MediumBlack and white oil on illustration board
Dimensions17 3/4 x 11 5/8 in. (45.1 x 29.5 cm)
frame: 22 7/8 x 16 3/4 in. (58.1 x 42.5 cm)
frame: 22 7/8 x 16 3/4 in. (58.1 x 42.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase, 1915
Object number1915-30
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextAfter a townsman kills a man, he allows a fellow citizen to fall under suspicion, who is hounded he finally moves away. Some years later, the killer joins a life-saving crew (shown here) to rescue victims of a shipwreck. He discovers that the man he is trying to save is the victim of his deception. Gravely wounded during the rescue, the killer confesses to the murder as he dies, exonerating the other man.
