Frontispiece for Sun-Dials and How Made
Date1895
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
Illustration CitationJohn S. Bailey, Sun-Dials and How Made, Buckingham, PA, 1897.
MediumInk on illustration board
Dimensionssheet: 6 3/4 × 4 13/16 in. (17.1 × 12.2 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Helen Farr Sloan, 2014
Object number2014-224
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextJohn S. Bailey was a Pennsylvania clockmaker and repairman, as well as a "dialer"—a sundial enthusiast and builder. Sloan made several illustrations for his book, Sun-Dials and How Made.