Famous Men whose Names Begin with A
Date1904
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
Illustration CitationThe Philadelphia Press, May 8, 1904.
MediumInk and graphite on Bristol board
Dimensionssheet: 9 3/4 × 23 3/16 in. (24.8 × 58.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 2000
Object number2000-289
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextFrom 1900 to 1910, Sloan designed weekly puzzles for the Sunday supplement of the Philadelphia Press. Sloan called these ten-panel puzzles "word charade" puzzles. In this example, each panel is a rebus representing the name of a famous man whose name begins with the letter A.
