Headpiece with title for Clever Peter and the Two Bottles
Date1885
Artist
Howard Pyle
(American illustrator, 1853–1911)
Illustration Citation"Clever Peter and the Two Bottles," by Howard Pyle, in Harper's Young People, April 7, 1885
MediumInk on Bristol board
Dimensionssheet: 8 11/16 × 14 1/16 in. (22.1 × 35.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Willard S. Morse, 1923
Object number1923-51
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextIn this story, young Peter trades a basket of eggs for a bottle from which spring "two tall men dressed all in blue and gold." These magical charcaters win him the hand of a princess but only after she and the king are punished for tampering with Peter's mysterious powers.
