At last the Father stood up
Date1912
Artist
Thornton D. Skidmore
(American illustrator and cartoonist, 1884–1956)
Illustration Citation"The Feud at Ballyborrow," by Owen Oliver, in Harper's Weekly, February 3, 1912
MediumCharcoal on illustration board
Dimensionscomposition: 14 11/16 × 14 3/16 in. (37.3 × 36 cm)
sheet: 21 5/8 × 20 3/4 in. (54.9 × 52.7 cm)
sheet: 21 5/8 × 20 3/4 in. (54.9 × 52.7 cm)
Credit LineGayle and Alene Hoskins Endowment Fund, 1982
Object number1982-3
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThis story takes place in an Irish village. A young man engages the help of the parish priest to settle a long-standing feud between two families so that he can court a woman of the opposing clan. Here the parish priest (standing) tries to reason with the recalcitrant villagers.
Samuel D. Ehrhart
1912
