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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
Poor Tom's
1924
Pen and black ink over graphite, on paper mounted on illustration board.
image: 8 7/8 x 7 inches (227 x 178 mm); on board: 16 x 11 inches (406 x 280 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1718
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Original drawing for an illustration for a short story by the artist entitled "A corner of England", published in an anthology entitled: In autumn's sickle. London : E. Mathews, 1925.
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Dated with artist's initials at lower right, "EJS/24"; in ink on mount below drawing: Poor Tom's.
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing shows the front yard of a cottage, with a path lined by a rickety fence of iron bedsteads leading up to the front door, with a rooster on the path surrounded by hens.
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