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So the Treasure Was Divided
Howard Pyle1905/1905
Delaware Art Museum
Wilmington, DE, United States
Pyle illustrates the division of pirate spoils: “A lonely island; a long strip of coral sand with combing breakers bursting upon it; a shining mass of treasure...a circle of hungry-eyed, wolfish, unshaven partly clad figures gathered about in the sunlight; the pirate chief standing over the booty - counting, adding, subtracting, parceling.”
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Details
- Title: So the Treasure Was Divided
- Creator Lifespan: 1853/1911
- Creator Nationality: American
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Death Place: Florence, Italy
- Creator Birth Place: Wilmington, DE
- Date: 1905/1905
- Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings: Pyle (LRC)
- Physical Dimensions: w29.5 x h19.5 in (Complete)
- Illustrator: Howard Pyle
- Illustration Citation: The Fate of a Treasure Town, by Howard Pyle, in Harper's Monthly Magazine, December 1905
- Credit Line: Museum Purchase, 1912
- Provenance: Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproduction or publication.
- Type: Paintings
- 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$0040:4769
- Medium: Oil on canvas
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