Edmund Joseph Sullivan

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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
Our forefathers were right after all about the valkyries
1908
Pen and black ink and pencil, on illustration board.
10 9/16 x 7 3/16 inches (268 x 183 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1364
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Title from published caption.
Original drawing for an illustration for A.C. Farqharson's translation of La Motte Fouqué's Sintram & his companions, London : Methuen & Co., 1908, p. 33 (facing).

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Signed and dated at lower left in pen and black ink, "Edmund J. Sullivan. 1908".

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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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Drawing shows Sintram fallen with his companions beneath the prow of a ship, Baron Folko standing over him with a dagger and Gabriella looking down from the ship's deck.

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