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Battle Of Bunker Hill

by Howard Pyle

ca. 1897
Oil
23 1/4 x 35 1/4 in.

Delaware Art Museum

Wilmington, DE

Pyle, Howard 
Daniel Webster (Black Dan)

by Francis Alexander

c.1835
oil on canvas

Delaware Art Museum

Wilmington, DE

Alexander, Francis 
Imaginary Landscape

by Asher Brown Durand

ca. 1850.
oil on canvas.
14 7/8 x 20 3/4 in. (37.8 x 52.7 cm).

Delaware Art Museum

Wilmington, DE

Durand, Asher Brown 
Marooned

by Howard Pyle

1909
oil on canvas
40 x 60 inches

Delaware Art Museum

Wilmington, DE

Pyle, Howardnotes
Pyles ability to tell a story within the confines of a canvas is nowhere more evident than in this deceptively simple painting, Marooned. Pirate communities were primarily cooperative and democratic, not a bunch of lawless desperadoes. Marooning was an acceptable punishment for a member of the crew who had violated the pirates code. The searing heat...
Morning (Musicians)

by Thomas Wilmer Dewing

1879.
oil on canvas.
36 x 59 3/4 in. (91.4 x 151.8 cm).

Delaware Art Museum

Wilmington, DE

Dewing, Thomas Wilmernotes
Description: The scene depicts two young women seated along the edge of a fountain, long trumpets raised to their mouths to signal dawn's arrival as the sun begin to rise on the horizon, tinging the clouds with pale pink. Seated opposite the women are two hounds, one brown and one white, each with its nose pointed toward the women as they listen to...
The Attack Upon The Chew House

by Howard Pyle

1898
oil on canvas
23 1/4 x 35 1/4 in.

Delaware Art Museum

Wilmington, DE

Pyle, Howard 
The Buccaneer Was A Picturesque Fellow

by Howard Pyle

1905
oil on canvas
30 1/2 x 19 1/2 in.

Delaware Art Museum

Wilmington, DE

Pyle, Howard 
The Mermaid

by Howard Pyle

1910
oil on canvas
57 7/8 x 40 1/8 inches

Delaware Art Museum

Wilmington, DE

Pyle, Howardnotes
Beneath the deepening sky and rising moon, the juncture of opposing forces anchors this work: land vs. waterhuman vs. mermaidstrong vs. weak. The mythic mermaid rises from the briny foam and rescues a shipwrecked man who was descending into the deep. When Howard Pyle set off on his extended European travels in November 1910, The Mermaid was still on...
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