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The Forty-One Trees Bore their Burden

Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933

The Forty-One Trees Bore their Burden

1901
14 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches (363 x 287 mm)
Pen and black ink over graphite, on paper.
1986.1546

Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.

Notes
Title from published caption.
Original drawing by E.J. Sullivan for an illustration for Robert Barr's short story, "The King investigates," published in the author's collected series of short stories featuring the fictionalized adventures of James V Scotland, entitled: A prince of good fellows, London : Chatto & Windus; New York : McClure, Phillips & Co., 1902.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated at lower right, "E.J. Sullivan. 1901"; captioned in pencil at top, "The forty-one trees bore their burden. The investigation of the King"; label on verso recording the title of the article and the artist.
Classification
Century Drawings