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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
Measure For Measure
1900s?
Charcoal and graphite, on illustration board.
14 9/16 x 10 5/8 inches (371 x 271 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1563
Notes: 

Caption title.
Original drawing by E.J. Sullivan for an illustration for Shakespeare's "Measure for measure," published in: Shakespeare's comedies. London : J.M. Dent & Sons, 1911, p. 200 (facing).

Inscription: 

On verso in pencil, "Measure for measure."

Provenance: 
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary: 

Drawing shows Isabella addressing her brother, Claudio, in his prison cell.

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Sullivan, Edmund J.
Century: 
20th century
Classification: 
Drawing
Department: 
Modern and Contemporary Drawings