Graphite on toned paper, the lower matting with separate title and ink signature "Property of Edward Shinn," the verso with gallery label and NY dealer label of "Mrs. Ernest Werner / Graphics and Paintings," matted and presented behind glass in a gilt wood frame.

Sight size 10 x 7 3/4 in.; Frame dimensions 17 1/2 x 15 1/4 in.

From the Personal Collection of Tommy and Cindy Edwards, Pittsboro, North Carolina

Everett Shinn was born in New Jersey to Quaker parents Isaiah Conklin Shinn and Josephine Ransley Shinn. He studied art in Philadelphia, first at the Spring Garden Institute (1891–93), then with Thomas Anshutz at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where his work was exhibited in 1899-1902. Shinn was an adept draughtsman and painter, skilled with the figure, genre scenes, and other representational artwork. He was a member of The Eight, outliving all original members, and later affiliated with The Aschan School.

Shinn was a prolific and versatile artist. As an illustrator, he worked for several newspapers and magazines in Philadelphia and New York, including the Philadelphia Press, New York World, Ainslee’s magazine, and Harper’s Weekly. While Shinn would continued his work as an illustrator, he also received important mural commissions in New York City and New Jersey in 1907 and 1911 respectively. His interest in theater led to work as an art director including Sam Goldwyn’s Polly of the Circus film in 1917. Shinn exhibited his paintings and drawings at the Whitney Museum of American Art (1937) and at the Art Institute of Chicago (1939). He was a member of the National Academy of Design and the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Some toning and scattered foxing to sheet, one vertical scuff to far left background.