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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
"Miss Kirstie" he began. "Miss Christina, if you please, Mr. Weir," she interrupted. "I canna bear the contraction".
1927
Black ink over graphite, on illustration board.
14 3/4 x 10 7/16 inches (374 x 265 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1488
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Original drawing for an illustration for Robert Louis Stevenson's unfinished novel "Weir of Hermiston," published in, Weir of Hermiston. The misadventures of John Nicholson. London : Macmillan, 1928.
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Inscribed in pen at top, "Weir of Hermiston. (p. 79) 'Miss Kirstie' he began. 'Miss Christina, if you please, Mr. Weir,' she interrupted. 'I canna bear the contraction.'"
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing shows Archie Weir and Kirstie walking together along a wooded path.
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