Illustration for King Stork; The Drummer helps himself to the good things, though no one can see him.

Illustration for King Stork; The Drummer helps himself to the good things, though no one can see him.
Illustration for King Stork; The Drummer helps himself to the good things, though no one can see him.

Illustration for King Stork; The Drummer helps himself to the good things, though no one can see him.

Date1886
Artist (American illustrator, 1853–1911)
Illustration Citation"King Stork," by Howard Pyle, in Harper's Young People, November 30, 1886
MediumInk on illustration board
Dimensionscomposition: 9 1/16 × 6 1/2 in. (23 × 16.5 cm)
sheet: 12 × 8 15/16 in. (30.5 × 22.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Willard S. Morse, 1923
Object number1923-61
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextIn this fairy tale, a drummer has the ability to go about unseen. Here, he startles a princess (dining with a witch) who sees food disappearing but not the drummer.
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