BIB_ID
453970
Accession number
MA 23917.13
Creator
Sullivan, Edmund J. (Edmund Joseph), 1869-1933, artist.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 sketchbook
Notes
Containing studies and sketches for illustrated publications, including an illustrated edition of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Edward FitzGerald, translation (London : 260 London : Methuen & Co., 1913); with the bulk of the volume containing sketches for Tennyson's "A dream of fair women & other poems" (London : Grant Richards, 1900).
9 x 7 inches (230 x 180 mm)
Inscriptions/Markings
On inside front cover: ... About / 130 drawings; below that: Edmund Sullivan / April 14 95 / ... Should this book be lost, a suitable reward / will be paid to anyone returning it to / Edmund J. Sullivan / 18 Hill Road / Abbey Road / St. John's Wood. NW / Cover / Title (type) / Frontispiece / 2 or 3 drawings / Introduction. Front flyleaf has a sketch of a male figure and list of 28 chapter numbers, with, at lower left: 26 drawings / 2 photographs. / also the drawing belonging to Laurence Smith.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Medium
Graphite and pen and black ink, on paper.
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