Sep 29, 2016 - Sale 2423

Sale 2423 - Lot 87

Price Realized: $ 2,340
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
HOWARD PYLE.
"The Soldiering of Beniah Stidham." Headpiece illustration for the story of the same name written by Pyle, published as the cover for St. Nicholas magazine, December, 1892. Pen and ink on paper. 203x229 mm; 8x9 inches, on 11 1/4x18-inch sheet. Initialed "HP" in right image. Notations in margins and on verso, margins darkened, abrasions in the image likely done by the artist as a corrective measure.