Edmund Joseph Sullivan

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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
"This is Freya's boar and we will swear vows thereby"
1907
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.
1986.1373

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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. 141 (facing).

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Signed and dated at upper right in pen and black ink, "Edmund J. Sullivan. 1907".

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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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Drawing shows Biörn, Baron Folko, and Gabriella standing over a table whereon a Devil's head sits on a platter with an apple in its mouth.

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