Fragment of Illustration for "A Social Battle of Duchesses"
Date1903
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
Illustration Citation"A Social Battle of Duchesses: Over the American Invasion of English Society," in Philadelphia Press, August 23, 1903.
MediumInk and aquatint on Bristol board
Dimensionssheet: 14 7/16 × 8 15/16 in. (36.7 × 22.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 2000
Object number2000-93
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThis was designed as the upper right quadrant of a full-page newspaper illustration and was produced to work around text and photographic imagery. For the upper left section Sloan depicted another different castle, and across the bottom was battle of women on horseback. The open circles were filled with photos. Combining all these elements required the use of a rotogravure press. This complex process was frequently reserved for the Sunday supplements of newspapers.
