When All the World Was Young

When All the World Was Young

When All the World Was Young

Date1908
Artist (American illustrator, 1853–1911)
Illustration CitationHarper's Monthly Magazine, August 1909
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions36 5/8 x 24 5/8 in. (93 x 62.5 cm)
frame: 41 1/2 x 29 1/2 in. (105.4 x 74.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase, 1912
Object number1912-49
On View
On view
ClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextPyle painted this not to illustrate a story, but to appear without a text to conjure up a romantic young couple in the early days of the 19th century. The neoclassical urns on the gate piers and the women's empire-style dress recall the days when the nation itself was young.