Old Jacob Van Kleek had never favored our hero's suit

Image Not Available for Old Jacob Van Kleek had never favored our hero's suit
Old Jacob Van Kleek had never favored our hero's suit
Image Not Available for Old Jacob Van Kleek had never favored our hero's suit

Old Jacob Van Kleek had never favored our hero's suit

Date1908
Illustration Citation"The Mysterious Chest," by Howard Pyle, in Harper's Monthly Magazine, December 1908
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions30 × 20 in. (76.2 × 50.8 cm)
frame: 35 1/2 × 25 1/4 in. (90.2 × 64.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase, 1912
Object number1912-44
On View
On view
Label TextIn a story about late 18th-century New York, miserly Jacob Van Kleek eavesdrops on a romantic couple. He unhappily foresees his niece marrying a young man who practices law, not a lucrative profession in the old man's eyes.




Image Not Available for Sketch for The Mysterious Chest; Old Jacob Van Kleek had never favored our hero's suit
Sketch for The Mysterious Chest; Old Jacob Van Kleek had never favored our hero's suit
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Image Not Available for Sketch for The Mysterious Chest; Old Jacob Van Kleek the money-lender
Sketch for The Mysterious Chest; Old Jacob Van Kleek the money-lender
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Image Not Available for Sketch for Patient Mercy Jones; "I never had wood that I liked half so well - do see who has nice crooked fuel to sell"
Sketch for Patient Mercy Jones; "I never had wood that I liked half so well - do see who has nice crooked fuel to sell"
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