Illustration for Treasure Island

© 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.
Illustration for Treasure Island
© Delaware Art Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Not for reproduction or publication.

Illustration for Treasure Island

Date1884
Artist (American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
MediumWatercolor, graphite, and ink on paper
Dimensionssheet: 4 1/8 × 3 1/4 in. (10.5 × 8.3 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Helen Farr Sloan, 2014
Object number2014-231
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextIn 1884, then 12-year-old John Sloan added watercolor and ink drawings to his copy of Treasure Island, foreshadowing his career as an illustrator.