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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
A boy rushed into the hall
1907
Pen and black ink and pencil, on illustration board.
10 3/4 x 7 5/8 inches (272 x 193 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1362
Notes: 

Title from published caption.
Original drawing for an illustration for A.C. Farqharson's translation of La Motte Fouqué's Sintram & his companions, London : Methuen & Co., 1908, p. 1 (facing).

Inscription: 

Signed and dated at lower left in pen and black ink, "Edmund J. Sullivan. 1907".

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

Drawing shows a terrified boy closely pursued by the figures of Death and the Devil.

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