Arms and the Man
Date1911
Artist
Henry Jarvis Peck
(American illustrator and artist, 1880–1964)
Illustration CitationAdvertisement for theatrical performance of the play Arms and the Man
MediumInk and watercolor on illustration board
Dimensionssheet: 11 3/8 × 8 3/8 in. (28.9 × 21.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Philip J. Kimball and Mrs. C. Lalor Burdick, 1963
Object number1963-6
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextHenry Peck created this advertisement for performances of the play Arms and the Man, a comedy by George Bernard Shaw, at the Greenroom Club, an amateur theatrical group in Wilmington. A native of Illinois, Peck attended the Rhode Island School of Design before he arrived in Wilmington in 1901 to study with Howard Pyle. He continued to work in the city intermittently until he esablished studios in Rhode Island and New York City after World War I.
