Illustration for Robin Goodfellow and his Friend Bluetree; Bluetree declines Lord Diddle Daddle's offer

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Illustration for Robin Goodfellow and his Friend Bluetree; Bluetree declines Lord Diddle Daddle's offer
Image Not Available for Illustration for Robin Goodfellow and his Friend Bluetree; Bluetree declines Lord Diddle Daddle's offer

Illustration for Robin Goodfellow and his Friend Bluetree; Bluetree declines Lord Diddle Daddle's offer

Date1879
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)
Credit LineGift of Willard S. Morse, 1923
Object number1923-79
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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.

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