He put the glass to his lips and drank at one gulp
Date1895
Artist
Howard Pyle
(American illustrator, 1853–1911)
Illustration CitationFrontispiece for “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” in The Novels and Tales of Robert Louis Stevenson, volume 7, by Robert Louis Stevenson (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons,1895)
MediumBlack-and-white oil on illustration board
Dimensions15 5/8 x 11 in. (39.7 x 27.9 cm)
frame: 18 7/16 × 14 in. (46.8 × 35.6 cm)
frame: 18 7/16 × 14 in. (46.8 × 35.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase, 1915
Object number1915-63
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextIn a scene from Robert Louis Stevenson's horror story, Howard Pyle depicts the violent transformation of evil Edward Hyde into kindly Dr. Henry Jekyll. Hyde is hopoing to conceal his crimes by returning to the mild-mannered person of Jekyll: “He put the glass to his lips, and drank at one gulp. A cry followed; he reeled, staggered, clutched at the table and held on, staring with injected eyes, gasping with open mouth; and as I looked there came, I thought, a change—he seemed to swell—his face became suddenly black and the features seemed to melt and alter...”
