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Study for poster and book cover for To Have and to Hold
Howard Pyle1900/1900
Delaware Art Museum
Wilmington, DE, United States
This was an advertising poster for Mary Johnston's historical romance about the early days of the Jamestown, Virginia, colony. 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.
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- Title: Study for poster and book cover for To Have and to Hold
- Creator Lifespan: 1853/1911
- Creator Nationality: American
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Death Place: Florence, Italy
- Creator Birth Place: Wilmington, DE
- Date: 1900/1900
- Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings: P [underlined] (LRC in pencil) Pyle [underlined] (LRC in ink)
- Physical Dimensions: w18.25 x h24.25 in (Complete)
- Illustrator: Howard Pyle
- Illustration Citation: Study 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).
- Credit Line: Museum Purchase, 1912
- Provenance: Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproduction or publication.
- Type: Drawings
- Rights: Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproduction or publication.
- External Link: http://emuseum.delart.org:8080/emuseum/
- Medium: Ink and gouache on paper
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