"What is this bill? Give it me to look at.", John French Sloan, American, 1871 – 1951

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"What is this bill? Give it me to look at.", John French Sloan, American, 1871 – 1951
"What is this bill? Give it me to look at." — John French Sloan, American, 1871 – 19511911

Within fifty years of 1911

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  1. The Inland printer · Inland Printer Company

    INASMUCH as it was through the columns of The Inland Printer, a year or two ago, that the powers of Mr. John Sloan as a designer in black-and- white were first proclaimed to any forcible extent, it is not unfitting that I THE INLAND PRINTER. 563 should here present an orig-inal portrait of Mr. Sloan that he himself has been good enough to execute for me. Mr. Sloan is a Philadelphian, but is young. Since Moods died I have not seen much of this artist’s work, but the fortunate ones
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