Study for "The First Mail Arriving in Bronxville, 1846"

© Delaware Art Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Not for reproduction or publica…
© Delaware Art Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Not for reproduction or publication.
Study for "The First Mail Arriving in Bronxville, 1846"
© Delaware Art Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Not for reproduction or publication.

Study for "The First Mail Arriving in Bronxville, 1846"

Date1939
Artist (American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
MediumGraphite on paper
Dimensionssheet: 6 5/16 × 17 15/16 in. (16 × 45.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1980
Object number1980-214.236
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextAfter Sloan made his initial studies for the mural, further research revealed that a different type of locomotive would have brought the first mail to Bronxville in the 1840s, forcing Sloan to adjust his composition.
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