"Then dost thou not know why I am here?" said the Baron / Illustration for Otto of the Silver Hand

"Then dost thou not know why I am here?" said the Baron / Illustration for Otto of the Silver Hand
"Then dost thou not know why I am here?" said the Baron / Illustration for Otto of the Silver Hand

"Then dost thou not know why I am here?" said the Baron / Illustration for Otto of the Silver Hand

Date1888
Artist (American illustrator, 1853–1911)
Illustration CitationOtto of the Silver Hand, by Howard Pyle (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1888)
MediumInk on illustration board
Dimensionscomposition: 7 5/8 × 5 11/16 in. (19.4 × 14.4 cm)
sheet: 11 1/2 × 9 1/4 in. (29.2 × 23.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase, 1915
Object number1915-42
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ClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextHoward Pyle's story describes the life of young Otto, a victim of kidnapping in medieval Germany. Here the terrified Otto listens as a cruel aristocrat threatens revenge against him because of a dispute with Otto's father. The New York Times reviewer of the book noted that "Mr. Pyle gets something of the rudeness of ancient woodcuts into (this) work," alluding to Pyle's desire to suggest medieval printmaking in the illustrations.
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