So the Treasure Was Divided
Date1905
Artist
Howard Pyle
(American illustrator, 1853–1911)
Illustration Citation"The Fate of a Treasure Town," by Howard Pyle, in Harper's Monthly Magazine, December 1905
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions19 1/2 x 29 1/2 in. (49.5 x 74.9 cm)
frame: 23 3/4 x 33 3/4 x 2 in. (60.3 x 85.7 x 5.1 cm)
frame: 23 3/4 x 33 3/4 x 2 in. (60.3 x 85.7 x 5.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase, 1912
Object number1912-33
On View
On viewClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextPyle illustrates the division of pirate spoils: “A lonely island; a long strip of coral sand with combing breakers bursting upon it; a shining mass of treasure...a circle of hungry-eyed, wolfish, unshaven partly clad figures gathered about in the sunlight; the pirate chief standing over the booty—counting, adding, subtracting, parceling.”
