Illustration for Robin Goodfellow and his Friend Bluetree; Bluetree declines Lord Diddle Daddle's offer
Date1879
Artist
Howard Pyle
(American illustrator, 1853–1911)
Illustration Citation"Robin Goodfellow and his Friend Bluetree," by Howard Pyle, in St. Nicholas, June 1879
MediumInk on illustration board
Dimensionscomposition: 3 1/16 × 3 in. (7.8 × 7.6 cm)
sheet: 5 3/8 × 4 9/16 in. (13.7 × 11.6 cm)
sheet: 5 3/8 × 4 9/16 in. (13.7 × 11.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Willard S. Morse, 1923
Object number1923-79
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThroughout his career, Howard Pyle was both an author and an illustrator. In this story for the children's magazine St. Nicholas, he combines fantasy and humor in an Elizabethan-age setting. Here, A haughty artisocrat demands the land of a poor farmer. 
