Business Card

© Delaware Art Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Not for reproduction or publica…
© Delaware Art Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Not for reproduction or publication.
Business Card
© Delaware Art Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Not for reproduction or publication.

Business Card

Date1892
Artist (American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
MediumEtching
Dimensionsplate: 1 3/4 × 3 13/16 in. (4.4 × 9.7 cm)
sheet: 2 15/16 × 5 1/4 in. (7.5 × 13.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1978
Object number1978-495
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPRINT
Label TextIn 1892, the 21-year-old John Sloan introduced himself as a multifaceted illustrator, capable of designing, etching, and lettering, as well as producing advertising sketches. It was a momentous year for the young artist: he rented his own studio (with friend and fellow illustrator Joe Laub); accepted a job on the staff of the Philadelphia Inquirer; enrolled in classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; and met his mentor Robert Henri.