Name the artist !

[RWB]

Can you guess which artist produced this sketch and when?

 

[prudden]

Kinda reminds me of the Roosevelt dime.

[WoodenJefferson]

Well, I know it is from a famous picture of Franklin Roosevelt sailing in his yatch.

 

Selma Burke

[Coindude]

John R. Sinnock 1945?

 

That's if the above guesses were correct.

[TomB]

It looks quite a bit like the obverse of the 1997 FDR half eagle.

[WoodenJefferson]

 

In 1938 then Commander in Chief, Franklin Delano Roosevelt

aboard the USS Houston in San Francisco Bay.

 

TomB has the coin.

1997 29,233 1997-W Franklin D. Roosevelt PR G$5

 

 

T. James Ferrell design

[James_OldeTowne]

Interesting that the picture was almost instantly recognizable as FDR....

[Conder101]

I wasn't sure if it was Roosevelt or Bill Clinton.

[WoodenJefferson]

I wasn't sure if it was Roosevelt or Bill Clinton.

 

It does appear to look a little like Bill in full rut.

[DC Dawg]

John R. Sinnock 1945?

 

That's if the above guesses were correct.

 

My first thought was an original mock-up of the FDR dime in 1945. So I agree with with Coindude!

 

I wasn't sure if it was Roosevelt or Bill Clinton.

 

It does appear to look a little like Bill in full rut.

Sorry guys, I don't see Slick Willy in this.

 

Scott

[WoodenJefferson]

TTT

 

Been three days, looks like no more outside input...looking for the correct answer?

 

[RWB]

The answer is:

Jo Davidson. 1944. First sketch for the final Roosevelt Inaugural medal.

 

Sure does look a lot like Sinnock's dime, though.

[BillJones]

My guess would be John Sinnock, sometime after April of 1945 to the fall of 1945. I'd have to look up the date when Congress approved the Roosevelt dime to get more specific.