George W. Childs
'Colonel' J. Eby Barr ordered Sloan to create this portrait of George W. Childs. Sloan made the plate from a photograph. He notes in his diary that he made the plate and handed it over with a proof to Barr's brother, and that was the last he ever saw of it. He also notes, he was never paid for it.
'Colonel' J. Eby Barr was head of the book department at Porter & Coates in Philadelphia. Sloan worked under him as a clerk from 1887 to 1890. George William Childs (1829–1894) was a successful Philadelphia publisher, best known as the editor and proprietor pf the Philadelphia Ledger.
One of two known impressions, see: Morse 1969, p. 49.
'Colonel' J. Eby Barr was head of the book department at Porter & Coates in Philadelphia. Sloan worked under him as a clerk from 1887 to 1890. George William Childs (1829–1894) was a successful Philadelphia publisher, best known as the editor and proprietor pf the Philadelphia Ledger.
One of two known impressions, see: Morse 1969, p. 49.
Artwork Details
- Title: George W. Childs
- Artist: John Sloan (American, Lock Haven, Pennsylvania 1871–1951 Hanover, New Hampshire)
- Date: 1892
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Plate: 8 7/16 × 5 1/2 in. (21.5 × 13.9 cm)
Sheet: 15 3/4 in. × 11 in. (40 × 28 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, 1926
- Object Number: 26.30.4
- Rights and Reproduction: © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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