Window Dial
Date1895
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
Illustration CitationJohn S. Bailey, Sun-Dials and How Made, Buckingham, PA, 1897.
MediumInk on Bristol board
Dimensionscomposition: 10 5/16 × 6 1/16 in. (26.2 × 15.4 cm)
sheet: 11 15/16 × 8 13/16 in. (30.3 × 22.4 cm)
sheet: 11 15/16 × 8 13/16 in. (30.3 × 22.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 2000
Object number2000-745
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThis drawing illustrates a window dial—a type of sundial constructed within a stained glass window—for a book on sundials. In the printed book, the center circle houses the dial with an image of an angel as well as the markings and gnomon to point the time. The Latin inscription, a common motto on sundials, means "while you are looking, the hour is flying."
