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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Girl and Beggar
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Girl and Beggar

Artist John Sloan (American, 1871-1951)
CultureAmerican
Date1910
MediumEtching, printed on laid paper
DimensionsOverall, Plate: 4 3/8 x 5 1/8 in. (11.2 x 13 cm)
Overall: 9 1/8 x 12 1/8 in. (23.2 x 30.8 cm)
Overall, Mat: 14 1/4 x 19 1/4 in. (36.2 x 48.9 cm)
InscribedSigned lower left: "John Sloan 1910" On back of print: MMA stamp; MMA Duplicate stamp with "AHM" and "'56" in pencil; "24.30.32" in pencil between these; "G.70". On back mat inside - impressed "MMA" stamp and "24.30.32 C" at lower right. On front of mat at bottom: "John Sloan Girl and Beggar Dick Fund 1924" on left edge at top: "American Sloan, J. G.70".
Credit LineGift of Captain and Mrs. Shirley Falcke
Object number56.49.29
On View
Not on view
DescriptionEtching on heavy laid paper. A man with a pegleg is seated outside of a shop next to some stairs. A girl stands in front of him, looking over her shoulder.

Label TextJohn Sloan American, 1871–1951 Girl and Beggar, 1910 Etching, printed on laid paper Gift of Captain and Mrs. Shirley Falcke 56.49.29 Exhibition History"Drawn from the Vault: Collecting American Works on Paper at the Chrysler Museum," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, May 10 - July 27, 2014.