News of the Titanic
John Sloan
Description
Subject Matter:
News of the Titanic shows two men reading the headline announcing that the Titanic sank. The text reads, "Titanic Horror Grows; 1490 Lives Lost." The two men appear to be miners, as they are wearing helmets with small candles attached to them and they are in a space with a low ceiling. John Sloan was an artist with the Ashcan School. He most often portrayed the lives of working classes.
Physical Description:
Two men sitting in a space with a low ceiling, wearing miner's hats with candles inserted in them, read a newspaper with headlines describing the Titanic catastrophe. A pick axe is leaning against the wall beside the man on the right.
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