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[Wood engr. from drawing by Howard Pyle which illus. his article, A Peculiar People" Oct. 1889 pp. 776-785. Dunker religion in Penna.]: [woman serving drinks to wounded Continentals]" – Antique Print

[Wood engr. from drawing by Howard Pyle which illus. his article, A Peculiar People" Oct. 1889 pp. 776-785. Dunker religion in Penna.]: [woman serving drinks to wounded Continentals]", 1889 — antique engraving
[Wood engr. from drawing by Howard Pyle which illus. his article, A Peculiar People" Oct. 1889 pp. 776-785. Dunker religion in Penna.]: [woman serving drinks to wounded Continentals]", 1889. Antique engraving from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This antique engraving of [Wood engr. from drawing by Howard Pyle which illus. his article, A Peculiar People" Oct. 1889 pp. 776-785. Dunker religion in Penna.]: [woman serving drinks to wounded Continentals]" brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[Wood engr. from drawing by Howard Pyle which illus. his article, A Peculiar People" Oct. 1889 pp. 776-785. Dunker religion in Penna.]: [woman serving drinks to wounded Continentals]"

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Here a woman in plain dress offers drinks to wounded Continental soldiers, a scene that captures the heart of Howard Pyle's subject. Pyle drew it for his 1889 article on the Dunkers, a German-descended Pennsylvania sect known for plain dress, simple living, and refusal to bear arms. Their pacifism did not keep them from caring for the injured during the Revolution, when soldiers from both sides sometimes ended up in their homes. The wood engraving translates Pyle's drawing into a form suited to the magazine page, and its careful detail reflects his interest in period life.

Created / published1889
Medium2004677400
Genre1 print : wood engraving.
SourceLibrary of Congress
Original scan1,536 × 1,176 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-131010

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