Those Pictures Old, But Ever New, (painting).

Those Pictures Old, But Ever New, (painting).

Sloan, John, 1871-1951, painter.

Those Pictures Old, But Ever New, (painting).

Pastel on paper.

The scene depicts a mother reading to a large group of children gathered by the Christmas Tree.

Literature -- Daly -- Madrigali

Figure group -- Family

Recreation -- Leisure -- Reading

Ceremony -- Holiday -- Christmas

Daly, Leonard, Mr. & Mrs.,

Illustration for Madrigali by T. A. Daly (Philadelphia: David McKay, 1912). This illustration accompanied the poem "The Christmas Reading."

Elzea, Rowland, and Elizabeth Hawkes, "John Sloan: Spectator of Life," Wilmington, DE: Delaware Art Museum, 1988, pg. 104.

Elzea, Rowland, and Elizabeth Hawkes, "John Sloan: Spectator of Life," Wilmington, DE: Delaware Art Museum, 1988, pg. 104.

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