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 (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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