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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
"Wait a moment," he said, "While I sing this child a slumber song"
1908
Pen and black ink and pencil, on illustration board.
10 9/16 x 7 1/4 inches (268 x 184 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1371
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Signed and dated at upper 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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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. 135 (facing).
Summary:
Drawing shows Sintram seated in a chair with his head down and hands clasped, lulled to sleep by the pilgrim who strums on a lute, as Rolf and the priest look on; at lower right, Sintram's dog sleeps in the straw.
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