Illustration for King Stork; Thus the Princess cometh forth...

Date1886

Artist Howard Pyle (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 × 6 1/2 in. (22.9 × 16.5 cm)
sheet: 10 3/4 × 8 1/4 in. (27.3 × 21 cm)

Credit LineMuseum Purchase, 1919

Object number1919-21

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