John Emmet Sheridan

• Name — John Emmet Sheridan • Born — 14 June 1877 • Birthplace — Tomah, Wisconsin • Died — 3 July 1948 • Place of death — Roosevelt Hospital Manhattan, New York City • Education — Georgetown University

He was born on June 14, 1877, in Tomah, Wisconsin. Sheridan attended Georgetown University graduating in 1901. During World War I, he created many patriotic posters in support of the United States' war effort as part of the committee of artists that also included Charles Dana Gibson (creator of the Gibson Girl) and James Montgomery Flagg (creator of the iconic Uncle Sam recruiting poster). Sheridan was art editor for the Washington Times (predecessor of the now-defunct Washington Times-Herald) and worked for the San Francisco Chronicle in the development of its first color Sunday supplement. Between 1931 and 1939 he produced 13 cover illustrations for The Saturday Evening Post. He died on July 3, 1948, at Roosevelt Hospital in Manhattan, New York City.

As an artist of advertisements and magazine covers, Sheridan was not always free to sign his full name to his art work. As a result, many of his illustrations contain only stylized monograms to identify the artist. • Illustration — Signature with an initial JS Monogram (Sometimes incorrectly interpreted as "Theridan") • Illustration — Simple JS Monogram • Illustration — Box JES Monogram • Illustration — Color image of JS Monogram • Illustration — Block JS Monogram • Illustration — Monogram and Last Name

• Illustration — Poster for University of Pennsylvania vs Georgetown University baseball game, circa 1901 • Illustration — Poster for Columbia University, 1902 • Illustration — Food is Ammunition, Don't waste it. (For World War I / US Food Administration), 1918 • Illustration — World War I Book drive for American Library Association c.1918 • Illustration — World War I War production (shipbuilding) c.1918 • Illustration — World War I Advertisement for Hart, Shaffner and Marx, 1919 • Illustration — Illustration of Joseph Cotten for The American Magazine, 1931