Horizontal Dial
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: 4 9/16 × 3 7/8 in. (11.6 × 9.8 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Helen Farr Sloan, 2014
Object number2014-225
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThe horizontal dial, which could be easily mounted atop a column in a garden, was the simplest and most popular type of sundial for turn-of-the-century gardeners.
