The Burning Ship
Date1898
Artist
Howard Pyle
(American illustrator, 1853–1911)
Illustration Citation"The Burning Ship," in Collier's Weekly, December 10, 1904
MediumBlack-and-white oil on canvas
Dimensions32 x 21 in. (81.3 x 53.3 cm)
frame: 38 x 27 in. (96.5 x 68.6 cm)
frame: 38 x 27 in. (96.5 x 68.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase, 1912
Object number1912-4
On View
On viewClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextIn 1898, Pyle painted this scene of a ship in flames on the high seas and its passengers fleeing in a small boat. In 1904, it appeared as a full page illustration unaccompanied by text in Collier's Weekly. A year later, Pyle altered the motif to represent a pirate attack in the color illustration "An Attack On a Galleon" for his story "The Fate of a Treasure Town."
