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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
Onward
1920s?
Pen and black ink and graphite, on illustration board.
20 15/16 x 14 11/16 inches (532 x 373 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1642
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Design to be etched onto the glass doors of the Vigo House.
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Inscribed in ink below, "Vigo House. Design to be etched upon glass, the same size. The parts drawn in ink to be made opaque as possible; those in pencil to be etched to a half tone. The remainder to be left clear. The design is intended to be repeated in reverse one for the ingoing, and one for the outgoing doors; but the etched sides of the glass should both be upon the inside, or both upon the outside of the building. Edmund J. Sullivan.
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Design shows Apollo (?) driving his chariot of horses, with his whip brandished overhead and the rays of the sun radiating out behind him.
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