Humbility Is the fountain of all virtue
Date1903
Artist
Howard Pyle
(American illustrator, 1853–1911)
Illustration Citation"The Natural Born Preacher," by Nelson Lloyd, in Scribner's Magazine, April 1903.
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions23 3/4 × 15 in. (60.3 × 38.1 cm)
frame: 28 3/4 x 20 in. (73 x 50.8 cm)
frame: 28 3/4 x 20 in. (73 x 50.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase, 1915
Object number1915-69
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextIn this humorous and moralizing tale, a young and ambitious would-be preacher practices his sermon while working on his farm.