Study for "The First Mail Arriving in Bronxville, 1846"
Date1939
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
MediumGraphite on paper
Dimensionscomposition: 4 13/16 × 16 5/16 in. (12.2 × 41.4 cm)
sheet: 6 11/16 × 17 15/16 in. (17 × 45.6 cm)
sheet: 6 11/16 × 17 15/16 in. (17 × 45.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 2000
Object number2000-768
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextAfter Sloan submitted his initial designs for the mural, further research revealed that a different type of locomotive would have brought the first mail to Bronxville in the 1840s, forcing Sloan to adjust his composition.
