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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
Not a Common Beggar
1903
Pen and black ink over graphite, on illustration board.
10 5/8 x 7 1/4 inches (270 x 184 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1443
Inscription:
Signed and dated at lower right, "Edmund J. Sullivan. 1903; inscribed on verso, "No. XII"; stamped with publisher's stamp, "Wells Gardner, Darton & Co., 3, Paternoster Bldgs., London, E.C."
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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Title from item and published list of illustrations.
Original drawing for an illustration for Oliver Goldsmith's A citizen of the world, London : Wells Gardner, Darton & Co., 1904, p. 56.
Summary:
Drawing shows an older man in genteel if shabby attire, carrying a cane and bundle and holding out a tricorne hat; at left of figure and integral to the illustration design are the words, "Not a common beggar."
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