circa 1895: Howard Pyle (1853-1911). American illustrator, painter and writer. He had a studio in N.Y. C. 1876-80, at Wilmington, DE from 1880, taught at Drexel Institute, Philadelphia, PA 1896, established school in Wilmington 1903. His students included Maxfield Parrish, Jessie Wilcox Smith, N.C. Wyeth, known collectively as the Brandywine School. Wrote books and stories which he illustrated including ‘The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood’ (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
