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Thoughts from Tennyson

Datec. 1892

Artist John Sloan (American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)

Illustration CitationThoughts from Tennyson (Philadelphia: A. Edward Newton, c.1892).

MediumEtching

Dimensionsplate: 7 3/8 × 2 9/16 in. (18.7 × 6.5 cm)
sheet: 10 × 4 1/4 in. (25.4 × 10.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 2000

Object number1994-9

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ClassificationsBOOK

Label TextSloan taught himself to etch in order to produce decorative covers and interior illustrations for small gifts books like this one published by A. Edward Newton.

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