Sailor with Knife on Deck

© 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.
Sailor with Knife on Deck
© Delaware Art Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Not for reproduction or publication.

Sailor with Knife on Deck

Date1884
Artist (American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
MediumInk on paper
Dimensionssheet: 2 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (6.4 × 8.9 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Helen Farr Sloan, 2014
Object number2014-234
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. This drawing may be one of those.