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Facts

Born August 2, 1871 • Lock Haven • Pennsylvania
Died September 7, 1951 (aged 80) • Hanover • New Hampshire
Notable Works “Wake of the Ferry”
Movement / Style Ashcan School • The Eight

Photos

Wake of the Ferry, oil on canvas by John French Sloan, 1907; in the Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.
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The Painter and His Pug, self-portrait by William Hogarth, oil on canvas, 1745; in the Tate Gallery, London.
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