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The King a-begging

Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933

The King a-begging

1900
10 7/8 x 11 1/2 inches (278 x 293 mm)
Pen and black ink, on paper, mounted on illustration board.
1986.1544

Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.

Notes
Title from item and publication.
Original drawing by E.J. Sullivan for a title headpiece illustration for Robert Barr's short story, "The King a-begging," as it was published with Sullivan's illustrations in the McClure's magazine, v. 16, 1900-1901, p. 305; later published in the author's collected series of short stories featuring the fictionalized adventures of James V Scotland, entitled: A prince of good fellows, London : Chatto & Windus; New York : McClure, Phillips & Co., 1902.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated with artist's monogram; in pencil on verso, "McClure"; label on verso recording the title of the article, the artist, and publication date (Feb. 1901).
Classification
Century Drawings