Altered Cover of Collier's
Date1906
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
MediumColored pencil on magazine cover
Dimensionssheet: 15 × 11 in. (38.1 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 2000
Object number2000-687
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextSloan added a background with a cityscape in flames behind the smoking figure. He also inscribed the first lines of the poem "Casabianca" by Felicia Dorothea Hemans—substituting "Jew" for "boy"—at the bottom. This poem was a staple of reading and recitation for American children (and of parody for English-speaking writers and disrespectful school children) in late 19th and early 20th centuries.
