Study for poster and book cover for To Have and to Hold
Date1900
Artist
Howard Pyle
(American illustrator, 1853–1911)
Illustration CitationStudy for advertising poster and book cover for To Have and To Hold, by Mary Johnston, with illustrations by Howard Pyle, E.B. Thompson, A.W. Betts, and Emlen McConnell (Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1900).
MediumInk and gouache on paper
Dimensionssheet: 24 1/2 × 18 1/4 in. (62.2 × 46.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase, 1912
Object number1912-131
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThis was an advertising poster for Mary Johnston's historical romance about the early days of the Jamestown Colony, Virginia. To Have and To Hold was published after its serialization in Atlantic Monthly magazine and became the bestselling novel of 1900. Disguised as a pirate, the protagonist fights three duels during his adventures.
