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The figure was carrying a lantern, which threw a patch of imperfect light on the dress and figure of the wearer

Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933

The figure was carrying a lantern, which threw a patch of imperfect light on the dress and figure of the wearer

1913
14 5/16 x 8 7/8 inches (365 x 227 mm)
Pen and black ink over graphite, on illustration board.
1986.1465

Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.

Notes
Caption title
Original drawing for an illustration for G.K. Chesterton's short story "The mistake of the machine," from The wisdom of Father Brown; as the story first appeared with Sullivan's illustrations in the Pall Mall magazine, Oct., 1913.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated at lower left, "Edmund J. Sullivan. 1913"; inscribed in ink at top, "-It was carrying a lantern, which threw a patch of imperfect light on the dress and figure of the wearer. (The mistake of the machine).
Classification
Century Drawings