Sylvia's Troubles
Date1882
Artist
Howard Pyle
(American illustrator, 1853–1911)
Illustration Citation"Under Green Apple Boughs, Part I," by Helen Stuart Campbell, in The Continent, March 8, 1882
MediumGouache, watercolor, and ink on paper
Dimensions12 1/4 × 13 3/8 in. (31.1 × 34 cm)
frame: 20 3/8 × 21 5/8 in. (51.8 × 54.9 cm)
frame: 20 3/8 × 21 5/8 in. (51.8 × 54.9 cm)
Credit LineGayle and Alene Hoskins Endowment Fund, 2007
Object number2007-37
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextHoward Pyle depicts Sylvia, a girl who has suffered a near-drowning and finds it hard to recover. The artist provided a number of illustrations for this story. His invoice for one survives and indicates that he charged $60.
