Four shadowy figures followed by a fifth left the circus wagon

© Delaware Art Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Not for reproduction or publica…
© Delaware Art Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Four shadowy figures followed by a fifth left the circus wagon
© Delaware Art Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Not for reproduction or publication.

Four shadowy figures followed by a fifth left the circus wagon

Date1910
Artist (American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
Illustration CitationStudy for an unused illustration for "The King of Animal Tamers," by Ralph Bergengren, in Collier's, November 26, 1910.
MediumCrayon and oil pastel on paper, black and rose
Dimensionssheet: 8 7/16 × 10 15/16 in. (21.4 × 27.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 2000
Object number2000-853a
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThis sketch records a scene from Ralph Bergengren's story, "The King of Animal Tamers," which was published with four other illustrations by Sloan. This incident was not illustrated.