About Henry Jarvis Peck

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    Henry Jarvis Peck (1880 - 1964)

    Painter, illustrator, etcher and writer, Henry Jarvis Peck was born in Galesburg, Illinois on June 10, 1880, the son of George F. and Anna Emily (Cole) Peck. He spent his boyhood in Warren, Rhode Island.

    Peck was a pupil of the Rhode Island School of Design* and then with the artist and illustrator Eric Pape at his school in Annisquam, Massachusetts, for two years. Later he studied with George L.Noyes, also in Annisquam.

    In December 1901, Peck went to Wilmington, Delaware to study with Howard Pyle. He was one of Pyle's twelve students who worked in the three studios next to Pyle's 1305 Franklin Street studio. Peck worked with...

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