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By Moonlight

By Moonlight
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By Moonlight

By Moonlight

Date1891
Artist Howard Pyle (American illustrator, 1853–1911)
Illustration Citation"Peter Rugg Ye Bostonian," by Louise Imogen Guiney, in Scribner's Magazine, December 1891
MediumInk on illustration board
Dimensionssheet: 10 9/16 × 8 1/2 in. (26.8 × 21.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase, 1915
Object number1915-17
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ClassificationsDRAWING
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