Galleries 41 and 42 are given up to drawings and paintings by Howard
Pyle, who has been called "the father of modern American illustration."
Gallery 26, adjoining the Italian section, contains a small but fairly
interesting group of original drawings for illustration. In the work of
Wyeth, Schoonover, Elizabeth Shippen Green, Jessie Wilcox Smith, and
others, there is very strong evidence of Howard Pyle's influence. On
wall B of this room, and in the adjoining gallery 27, there is a
collection of photographs of American sculpture and mural paintings.
Gallery 36, adjoining the main west vestibule, has a miscellaneous
collection of drawings and paintings in all mediums, ranging from the
most delicate and polished to caricature and sketchiness run riot. There
is a great deal of interest, but little that is important in a big way.