Warrior in armor with shield and sword
Date1898
Artist
Eric Pape
(American painter and illustrator, 1870–1938)
Illustration CitationThe Fair God, by Gen. Lew Wallace (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1898)
MediumInk on paper
Dimensions13 × 10 3/4 in. (33 × 27.3 cm)
support: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
support: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Christine I. Oaklander in memory of Helen Farr Sloan, source of much wisdom, talent, and generosity.
Object number2013-42
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThis drawing illustrated Lew Wallace's novel about Spanish conquistadors and Aztec civilization, which Eric Pape researched on trips to Mexico. Pape exhibited 120 works, including this one, in the Palace of Ethnology and Archaeology, Pan American Exposition, Buffalo, 1901. The collection was subsequently exhibited at the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Cincinnati Art Museum.
