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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
With ape like fury he was trampling his victim under foot, and hailing down a storm of blows under which the bones were audibly shattered and the body jumped upon the roadway
1927
Pen and black ink over graphite, on illustration board.
14 11/16 x 10 9/16 inches (373 x 268 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1549
Inscription:
Signed and dated at bottom, "Edmund J. Sullivan. 1927"; captioned in ink on verso, "With ape like fury he was trampling his victim under foot, and hailing down a storm of blows under which the bones were audibly shattered and the body jumped upon the roadway." p. 21.
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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Original drawing by E.J. Sullivan for an illustration for Robert Louis Stevenson's, The strange case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde. London : Macmillan & Co., 1928.
Summary:
Drawing shows Mr. Hyde stomping and clubbing Sir Danvers Carew to death in the street.
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