African Soldiers and Standards
Date1910
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
Illustration CitationPossibly a conceptual drawing for "The Last Shot at Omdurman," by Alexander Irvine, in Coming Nation, December 17, 1910.
MediumGraphite on paper
Dimensionssheet: 7 × 4 15/16 in. (17.8 × 12.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1986
Object number1986-133.102a
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextIn 1910, Sloan illustrated a story set in the Sudan called "The Last Shot at Omdurman" by Alexander Irvine. According to his diary, he went to the Astor Library to research the Sudan. This drawing of soldiers and standards may be related to that commission.
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