I began to play

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I began to play
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I began to play

Date1902
Illustration Citation"Sinbad on Burrator," by Arthur T. Quiller-Couch, in Scribner's Magazine, August 1902
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions23 3/4 × 15 1/2 in. (60.3 × 39.4 cm)
frame: 32 3/8 × 24 1/4 in. (82.2 × 61.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase, 1912
Object number1912-97
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Label TextHoward Pyle illustrated these scenes narrated by an old sailor living on Burrator, a plateau of wilderness area in England. The sailor recounts how, as a member of a shipboard military band in the waters off Borneo, he ended up on an island when left behind by his ship. Still in his dress uniform and with his bombardon (military tuba), he had various adventures--romantic, dangerous, and humorous--until he was rescued.

The Sinbad of the title was a fictional seaman with magic powers from Middle Eastern literature made popular by the 1885 English translation of The Book of One Thousand and One Nights.
Image Not Available for Sketches for Sinbad on Burrator; I began to play
Sketches for Sinbad on Burrator; I began to play
Howard Pyle
1902
Image Not Available for Sketches for Sinbad on Burrator; I began to play
Sketches for Sinbad on Burrator; I began to play
Howard Pyle
1902
Image Not Available for I sat at her feet while she drilled the island language into me
I sat at her feet while she drilled the island language into me
Howard Pyle
1902
Image Not Available for I clutched at his ankle
I clutched at his ankle
Howard Pyle
1902
Image Not Available for If this dreadful thing is not taken away I shall go mad
If this dreadful thing is not taken away I shall go mad
Howard Pyle
1908
Image Not Available for The boat and I went by him with a rush
The boat and I went by him with a rush
Howard Pyle
1902
Image Not Available for "Who are you? and off with your hat!" I said to the man sharply
"Who are you? and off with your hat!" I said to the man sharply
Howard Pyle
1890
Image Not Available for I am the daughter of that unfortunate Captain Keitt
I am the daughter of that unfortunate Captain Keitt
Howard Pyle
1907
Image Not Available for If I catch you here again, you'll need someone to sew you up
If I catch you here again, you'll need someone to sew you up
Howard Pyle
1902
Image Not Available for I grow old having no son but Randver
I grow old having no son but Randver
Howard Pyle
1910
Image Not Available for Young woman reading a letter at window
Young woman reading a letter at window
Howard Pyle
1911
Image Not Available for So for a Heart-beat She Saw Him
So for a Heart-beat She Saw Him
Howard Pyle
1905
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