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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
This short chain of nine men connects the Battle of Hastings with the present year, 1899
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.
1986.1541
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Title from published caption.
Original drawing by E.J. Sullivan for an illustration for J. Holt Schooling's article, "Links in the chain of time," as it was published with Sullivan's illustrations in the Pall Mall magazine, v. 19, 1899, p. 77.
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Signed and dated at lower right, "Edmund J. Sullivan. 1899"; at bottom, "Links in the Chain of Time. 'This short chain of nine men connects the Battle of Hastings with the present year 1899.'"
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing shows a chain of nine men born in eight successive centuries, from 1063 to 1799, with the last figure, labeled "1799 & Still living in 1899," reaching out to lay his fingertips on a portrait of Queen Victoria.
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