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The image shows a wooden toy soldier standing upright against a plain background. The toy has jointed arms with one arm holding a straight stick and the other arm raised, grasping a curved object. The soldier wears a red jacket with gold accents and black pants, and has a simplistic face with a painted-on beard, a black hat with a brown and gold pattern. The overall appearance is slightly worn.
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The image shows a wooden toy soldier standing upright against a plain background. The toy has jointed arms with one arm holding a straight stick and the other arm raised, grasping a curved object. The soldier wears a red jacket with gold accents and black pants, and has a simplistic face with a painted-on beard, a black hat with a brown and gold pattern. The overall appearance is slightly worn.

National Gallery of Art · Index of American Design

"Sailor Jack" Whirligig

Frances Cohen

Date
1939
Medium
watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 38.3 x 27.9 cm (15 1/16 x 11 in.) Original IAD Object: 13" high; 5 1/2" wide
Classification
Index of American Design · Drawing
Accession number
1943.8.11861
Credit line
Index of American Design
Time span
1926 to 1950
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • American
Inscription

verso: center in graphite: Sailor Jack / Owner - Mrs. Susan H. Nash / Artist - Frances Cohen / Began - March 7, 1939 / Completed - April 15, 1939

NGA object ID 23955. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.