"Patience"
Date1925
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
MediumEtching
Dimensionsplate: 4 7/8 × 3 15/16 in. (12.4 × 10 cm)
sheet: 9 5/16 × 8 5/16 in. (23.7 × 21.1 cm)
sheet: 9 5/16 × 8 5/16 in. (23.7 × 21.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1963
Object number1963-20.132
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextThis represents a scene from Gilbert and Sullivan's "Patience" where the two actresses take turns speaking the line "He was a little boy" with varying emphasis.