On the Court at Wissahickon Heights
Date1894
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
Illustration Citation"Women before the Tennis Nets," in the The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 13, 1894
MediumInk on board
Dimensionscomposition: 9 3/4 × 6 11/16 in. (24.8 × 17 cm)
sheet: 10 5/16 × 7 3/16 in. (26.2 × 18.3 cm)
sheet: 10 5/16 × 7 3/16 in. (26.2 × 18.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1980
Object number1980-206
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextDuring his early career as a newspaper illustrator at the turn of the 20th century, John Sloan illustrated social activities, such as the Ladies' Championship Lawn Tennis Tournament at Wissahickon Heights near Philadelphia. Sloan's inscriptions on this drawing indicate that this was his first "poster style" newspaper illustration, which it was, and that it appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer in February of 1892, but the artist is mistaken about the date. In fact, it appeared in the Inquirer on June 13, 1894.
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