The Constabulary; Policing the Rural Districts in Philadelphia, 1910

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© Delaware Art Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Not for reproduction or publication.
The Constabulary; Policing the Rural Districts in Philadelphia, 1910
© Delaware Art Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Not for reproduction or publication.

The Constabulary; Policing the Rural Districts in Philadelphia, 1910

Date1915
Artist John Sloan American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951
Illustration CitationThe Masses, April 1915.
MediumCrayon, wash, and gouache on paper affixed to paper
Dimensionssheet: 18 3/16 × 25 3/16 in. (46.2 × 64 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1981
Object number1981-31
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThe ironic blandness of the caption contrasts with Sloan's portrayal of the savagery of an attack on Philadelphia street-car strikers in 1910.
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