Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
The great machine that had come flying through the air from America that morning rushed down out of the sky
1899
15 1/2 x 10 5/8 inches (394 x 269 mm)
Pen and black ink over graphite, on illustration board.
1986.1536
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title from published caption.
Drawing affixed at top to mat, with a label at lower right reading: The Ornithos. Flying machine.
Original drawing by E.J. Sullivan for an illustration for "The cure for love," the first chapter of the H.G. Wells novella, A story of the days to come, as it was published with Sullivan's illustrations in the Pall Mall magazine, v. 18, 1899, p. 192.
Drawing affixed at top to mat, with a label at lower right reading: The Ornithos. Flying machine.
Original drawing by E.J. Sullivan for an illustration for "The cure for love," the first chapter of the H.G. Wells novella, A story of the days to come, as it was published with Sullivan's illustrations in the Pall Mall magazine, v. 18, 1899, p. 192.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated at lower left, "Edmund J. Sullivan. /99"; inscribed in pencil on verso, "Cure for love "; above that, "Proofs to be seen by Mr. Hentschel next Thursday.
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