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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
Full oft the riddle of the painful earth flash'd thro' her as she sat alone, yet not the less held she her solemn mirth, and intellectual throne
1899
Pen and black ink and graphite, on illustration board.
15 5/8 x 10 7/16 inches (397 x 265 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1432
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Title from publication.
Original drawing for an illustration for Tennyson's poem "The Palace of Art," as it appeared in A dream of fair women & other poems, London : Grant Richards, 1900, p. 183.
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Signed and dated at lower right in pen and black ink, "Edmund J. Sullivan. 99"; inscribed "Same size" in pencil below; in ink on verso: Tennyson, "The Palace of Art."
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing shows a woman in a crown and trailing robes, seated on a high throne and holding an orb and scepter.
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