Robert Wildhack cover illustration for Collier's Weekly (1910): a beautifully framed antique Clara Elsene Peck but they did add undercurrents

but they did add undercurrents of vitality to his glimpses into the long-ago

Washington Irving’s Rip Van Winkle was first published in 1819

the master artist/storyteller excerpted and expanded tales of King Arthur and the Knights of his Roundtable that Sir Thomas Malory had collected during the 15th century and William Caxton had published in 1485

and The Book of the Grail and the Passing of Arthur (1910)

Robert Wildhack cover illustration for Collier's Weekly (1910): a beautifully framed antique Clara Elsene Peck but they did add undercurrentsCover: Collier's The National Weekly Image Name: Country Lanes Robert Wildhack May 9, 1910 Issue Vol. xlv, No. 11 IMAGE INFORMATION Image Size: H 15. 00 x W 11. 00 Matted & Framed: H 22. 00 x W 18. 00 Framed Price: $290. 00 Packaging and shipping approximately $25. 00 RJW was born in Illinois, but grew up in Indiana. He moved to New York in 1901 where he spent a year studying art with Robert Henri at the Chase School of Art. His classmates there