Thornton Oakley illustration for "Harper's Monthly Magazine" (1905): beautifully framed antique Harper's Monthly Illustration ” Make the action come

” Make the action come alive

one reviewer wrote: “Perhaps even more than Washington Irving’s tale

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The piece was requested by the Curtis Publishing Company of Philadelphia

Harper’s Weekly asked him to illustrated a serialized version of Robert Chamber’s "Cardigan

Thornton Oakley illustration for "Harper's Monthly Magazine" (1905): beautifully framed antique Harper's Monthly Illustration ” Make the action comeThe Steam Shovel Takes up a Ton of Coal at a Time Illustration for Toilers of the River by the Artist Illustrations by Thornton Oakley Harper's Monthly Magazine. December 1905 Issue Vol. 112. IMAGE INFORMATION Image Size: H 8. 25 x W 5. 75 Matted & Framed: H 16. 00 x W 13. 50 Framed Price: $225. 00 Packaging and shipping approximately $22. 00 TO returned to Philadelphia after graduating from Howard Pyles school for illustrators (in Wilmington,