Illustration for So it is With Them All; Thou art a wonder of wonders
Date1892
Artist
Howard Pyle
(American illustrator, 1853–1911)
Illustration Citation"So it is With Them All," by Howard Pyle, in Harper's Young People, November 1, 1892
MediumInk on illustration board
Dimensionssheet: 12 7/8 × 9 1/4 in. (32.7 × 23.5 cm)
Credit LineGayle and Alene Hoskins Endowment Fund, 1985
Object number1985-106
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextIn this story placed in the Middle East, a young girl is transported by a mysterious horseman to a subterranean garden, where she must kill a dove. That done, she beholdsa winged apparition in a crown who praises her courage. The late 19th century in the United States and Europe saw a proliferation of folktales inspired by stereotypes of the "exotic" Middle East.
