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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
"We doan't like it, zur; there was summat abroad last night that was unholy"
1900
Pen and black ink and ink wash, touched with white and gray, on illustration board.
12 1/2 x 8 15/16 inches (319 x 227 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1543
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Original drawing by E.J. Sullivan for an illustration for F.G. Loring's short story, "The tomb of Sarah," as it was published with Sullivan's illustrations in the Pall Mall magazine, v. 22, 1900, p. 481.
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Signed and dated in gray at lower left, "Edmund J. Sullivan. 1900"; in pencil on verso, "Tomb of Sarah."
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing shows an elderly workman with a shovel addressing a man in a black coat.
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