BIB_ID
453973
Accession number
MA 23917.16
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 various projects, including a series of sketches for proposed illustrations for English industrialist and Theosophist Joseph Bibby's "Bibby's Annual" (Liverpool : J. Bibby & Sons, 1906-1936) for the year 1915, followed by studies for George Outram's " Legal & other lyrics" (London, etc. : T.N. Foulis, 1916); with the bulk of the volume containing sketches Sullivan's "The Kaiser's garland" (London : William Heinemann, 1915); with notes and annotations throughout.
9 x 7 inches (230 x 180 mm)
Inscriptions/Markings
On front flyleaf, in pencil: Miss Hilda Richards / 31 Omgar Rd. / Earls Court / recommended by speed. / general - brown; below that, inscribed in Sullivan's hand: July 18th 1914 / Please return to / Edmund J. Sullivan ARWS / 16 Hill Road / St. John's Wood / London / NW; at lower right, in Sullivan's hand in ink: July 21st 1914 / I. Emergence from Chaos - the Creation / II. Temptation (the beginning of Morality?) / III. Triumph over Temptation - and Reward. / IV. Reconciliation in God. / will write short article / if necessary, for the Annual / explaining the ideas / [artist's monogram] / to Mr. Bibby.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Medium
Graphite and pen and black ink on paper.
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