November 1776
Date1895
Artist
Howard Pyle
(American illustrator, 1853–1911)
Illustration Citation"Some Thanksgiving-Time Fancies," for Scribner's Magazine, November 1895
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions18 × 12 in. (45.7 × 30.5 cm)
frame: 24 1/2 × 19 1/2 in. (62.2 × 49.5 cm)
frame: 24 1/2 × 19 1/2 in. (62.2 × 49.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase, 1915
Object number1915-26
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextHoward Pyle was one of several artists who created illustrations meant to suggest the Thanksgiving holiday. His somber painting recalls the November 16, 1776, battle of Fort Washington at the north end of Manhattan, one of the worst American defeats of the Revolution.
