The Man of the Family
Date1894
Artist
Howard Pyle
(American illustrator, 1853–1911)
Illustration CitationThe Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table, by Oliver Wendell Holmes (Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1894).
MediumOil on illustration board
Dimensions8 x 12 1/4 in. (20.3 x 31.1 cm)
frame: 17 × 12 3/4 in. (43.2 × 32.4 cm)
frame: 17 × 12 3/4 in. (43.2 × 32.4 cm)
Credit LineF. V. du Pont Acquisition Fund, 1995
Object number1995-16
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextFor a compilation of Oliver Wendell Holmes's popular and witty ruminations about philosophical and topical issues, Howard Pyle portrays the man of the family as Holmes did: one whose books, sturdy furniture, ancestral portraits, and self-satisfaction testify to his lineage.
