Edmund Joseph Sullivan

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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
"I cannot bear it!" she cried
1899
Pen and black ink over graphite, on illustration board.
15 5/8 x 10 11/16 inches (398 x 272 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1540
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Title from published caption.
Original drawing by E.J. Sullivan for an illustration for "Underneath," the fourth chapter of the H.G. Wells novella, A story of the days to come, as it was published with Sullivan's illustrations in the Pall Mall magazine, v. 19, 1899, p. 93.

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Signed and dated at lower right, "Edmund J. Sullivan. / 99"; at bottom, "Underneath. IV."; stamp of Pall Mall Magazine on verso.

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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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Drawing shows the young hero, Denton, comforting Elizabeth, who lies on the bed with her face buried in the pillow.

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