The Reading Room Girl Jumped First
Date1894
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
Illustration CitationDesigned for Philadelphia Inquirer.
MediumInk on illustration board
Dimensionscomposition: 8 × 4 5/16 in. (20.3 × 11 cm)
sheet: 8 7/16 x 4 15/16 in. (21.5 x 12.5 cm)
sheet: 8 7/16 x 4 15/16 in. (21.5 x 12.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 2000
Object number2000-114
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextJudging from the inscription, this was probably designed as an illustration for "An October Romance," which appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer on October 28, 1894, but the story was published with illustrations by another artist.
May Wilson Watkins Preston
1928
