Couple in American historic costume in landscape with ship on water in background
Date1898
Artist
Howard Pyle
(American illustrator, 1853–1911)
Illustration Citation"Old Captain," by Myles Hemenway, in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, December 1898
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions7 3/4 x 12 in. (19.7 x 30.5 cm)
frame: 8 3/4 x 13 1/4 in. (22.2 x 33.7 cm)
frame: 8 3/4 x 13 1/4 in. (22.2 x 33.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. A. R. Holladay, 1962
Object number1962-29
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextIn this scene, a sailor persuades a young woman to marry him despite her family’s opposition.Stanley Massey Arthurs
not dated