"Is your hanging party ready?" he said
Date1890
Artist
Howard Pyle
(American illustrator, 1853–1911)
Illustration Citation"In the Valley," by Harold Frederic, in Scribner's Magazine, April 1890
MediumBlack and white oil on canvas board
Dimensions15 5/8 × 10 3/8 in. (39.7 × 26.4 cm)
frame: 17 5/8 × 12 1/2 in. (44.8 × 31.8 cm)
frame: 17 5/8 × 12 1/2 in. (44.8 × 31.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase, 1915
Object number1915-12
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextThis historical novel centers on characters living in the Mohawk Valley in the late 18th century when the area - home to the Iroquois Confederacy - was contested by colonial English and French political factions.