Illustration for The Book of Balbo; The jolly red-faced man comes to town
Date1885
Artist
Howard Pyle
(American illustrator, 1853–1911)
Illustration Citation"The Book of Balbo," by Sherwood Ryse, in Harper's Young People, November 3, 1885
MediumInk on illustration board
Dimensionscomposition: 6 1/16 × 7 3/16 in. (15.4 × 18.3 cm)
sheet: 8 1/8 × 9 3/16 in. (20.6 × 23.3 cm)
sheet: 8 1/8 × 9 3/16 in. (20.6 × 23.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase, 1919
Object number1919-12
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextIn this fairy tale, a bad-tempered king, annoyed by children, consigns them all to an asylum until the wise stranger Rambustius (left) prophesies doom unless they are returned. Howard Pyle depicts the king's courtiers as wizened and miserable characters, and Rambustius as rotund and jolly. In the upper right, a woman looks in the window.
