"I'd give you all I have, if I had anything to give," said Sherring

© Artist or Artist's Estate. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reprod…

© Artist or Artist's Estate

"I'd give you all I have, if I had anything to give," said Sherring

Date1933

Artist Dean Cornwell (American painter, illustrator, and muralist, 1892–1960)

Illustration Citation"Seven Men Came Back," by Warwick Deeping, in Hearst's International combined with Cosmopolitan, April 1934

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions34 1/4 × 45 1/4 in. (87 × 114.9 cm)
frame: 47 1/2 x 58 1/2 in. (120.7 x 148.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1987

Object number1987-172

On View

On view

ClassificationsPAINTING

Label TextDean Cornwell imparted a mood of gravity to this story about struggle and mutual support from the bleak years of the Great Depression.

The vignette style here, with an irregularly shaped illustration floating in white space, allowed for the integration of text and image.

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