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Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

The head wore a disconcerted expression, as did, perhaps, that of St. John the Baptist

Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933

The head wore a disconcerted expression, as did, perhaps, that of St. John the Baptist

1914
14 5/8 x 10 1/2 inches (372 x 267 mm)
Pen and black ink over graphite, on illustration board.
1986.1473

Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.

Notes
Caption title.
Original drawing for an illustration for G.K. Chesterton's short story "The god of the gongs," from The wisdom of Father Brown; as the story first appeared with Sullivan's illustrations in the Pall Mall magazine, Sept., 1914.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated at bottom right, "Edmund J. Sullivan. 1914"; inscribed in ink at bottom, "The God of the Gongs. (G.K. Chesterton) The head wore a disconcerted expression, as did, perhaps, that of St. John the Baptist."; in left hand margin, in pencil, "120 screen over all P.T.O."; pencil marks specifying width of printed illustration at top.
Classification
Century Drawings