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Crouched moody and silent before his own smoky hearth

Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933

Crouched moody and silent before his own smoky hearth

1905
10 5/8 x 7 3/4 inches (270 x 197 mm)
Pen and black ink and charcoal, on illustration board.
1986.1529

Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.

Notes
Title from published caption.
Original drawing by E.J. Sullivan for an illustration for Herminie Templeton's story, "The ashes of old wishes," as it was published in McClure's magazine, v. 26, 1905-1906, p. 210.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated at lower right, "Edmund J. Sullivan. 1905"; inscribed in pen on verso, "The Ashes of Old Wishes" (1) Darby O'Gill, the discontented man; label affixed to verso with the order or plate number(?), story title, and artist's name filled in.
Classification
Century Drawings