Reading the Evidence, or Mrs. Sloan at Home
DateFebruary 1907
Artist
Robert Henri
(American painter, 1865–1929)
MediumInk on paper
Dimensionssheet: 4 3/4 × 6 3/16 in. (12.1 × 15.7 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Helen Farr Sloan, 2011
Object number2011-29
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextLike many New Yorkers, Dolly Sloan avidly followed the trial of Harry K. Thaw, who shot and killed the architect and designer Stanford White. The trial made public details about both men's affairs with the actress Evelyn Nesbit.