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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
Lost in troubled contemplation of the unconscious and confiding victim
1905
Pen and black ink over graphite, on illustration board.
15 1/8 x 10 11/16 inches (385 x 273 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1532
Inscription:
Signed and dated at lower right, "Edmund J. Sullivan. 1905"; inscribed in pencil at foot, Lost in troubled contemplation of the unconscious and confiding victim; label affixed to verso with the order or plate number(?), story title, and artist's name filled in.
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Notes:
Title from published caption.
Original drawing by E.J. Sullivan for an illustration for Herminie Templeton's story, "Killbohgan and Killboggan " as it was published in McClure's magazine, v. 27, 1906, p. 650.
Summary:
Drawing shows a man leaning over the side of a pigpen and regarding the sleeping pig within with a melancholy expression.
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