Illustration for Washington Irving’s Rip Van Winkle, 1915, is by Eric Pape, American 1870-1938. The gouache on paper image is at the Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford, Pa. Pape was an illustrator and genre painter as well as an educator.
Rip Van Winkle, illustrated by N.C. Wyeth, 1921 via archives.org
Rip Van Winkle, illustrated by N.C. Wyeth, 1921
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You can compare with the old Rip illustrated by Arthur Rackham here.
Rip Van Winkle, illustrated by N.C. Wyeth, 1921 via archives.org You can compare with the Arthur Rackham illustration for (almost) the same scene here
Rip Van Winkle, illustrated by N.C. Wyeth, 1921 via archives.org You can compare with the Arthur Rackham illustration for the same scene here
Rip Van Winkle, illustrated by N.C. Wyeth, 1921 via archives.org
Rip Van Winkle, illustrated by N.C. Wyeth, 1921
You can compare with the Arthur Rackham illustration for the same scene here
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Rip Van Winkle, illustrated by N.C. Wyeth, 1921
You can compare with the Arthur Rackham illustration (1905) for the same scenehere. The wife, in the two illustrations, is almost identical. Maybe this is an homage to Rackham.
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Rip Van Winkle, illustrated by N.C. Wyeth, 1921 via archives.org