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Property from the Estate of S. Hallock du Pont, Jr.
Go, Madame, and Leave the Prodigal 'mong His Husks
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Property from the Estate of S. Hallock du Pont, Jr.
Howard Pyle
1853 - 1911
Go, Madame, and Leave the Prodigal 'mong His Husks
signed Pyle (lower right)
oil on canvas
24 by 16 1/4 in.
61 by 41.3 cm.
Executed in 1908.
Virginia Simmons du Pont, Wilmington, Delaware
Acquired by descent from the above in 1984 by the present owner
James Branch Cabell, "The Ultimate Master," Harper's Monthly Magazine, November 1908, p. 283, illustrated
Paul Preston Davis, Howard Pyle His Life - His Work, vol. II, New Castle, Delaware, 2004, no. MBPI1035, p. 465, illustrated
The present work was produced as an illustration for the fictional short story The Ultimate Master by James Branch Cabell. The story was originally published in Harper's Monthly magazine in November 1908.
