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Blackbeard's Last Fight
Howard Pyle1895/1895
Delaware Art Museum
Wilmington, DE, United States
A story of eighteenth century Virginia, “Jack Ballister's Fortunes” mixes real and imagined players. In this cliff-hanger scene, two historical characters face each other. In 1718, the pirate Blackbeard (with the braid) is about to meet his death after he has ambushed his
countryman Lieutenant James Maynard of the Royal Navy (shown from behind) in the Atlantic off the British colony of North Carolina.
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Details
- Title: Blackbeard's Last Fight
- Creator Lifespan: 1853/1911
- Creator Nationality: American
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Death Place: Florence, Italy
- Creator Birth Place: Wilmington, DE
- Date: 1895/1895
- Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings: H. Pyle (LRC)
- Physical Dimensions: w10 x h15.125 in (Complete)
- Illustrator: Howard Pyle
- Illustration Citation: Jack Ballister's Fortunes, by Howard Pyle, in St. Nicholas, July 1895
- Credit Line: Gift of Willard S. Morse, 1923
- 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/view/objects/asitem/items$0040:7922
- Medium: Black-and-white oil on illustration board
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