Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
And feeding high, and living soft, grew plump and able-bodied; until the grave churchwarden doff'd, the parson smirk'd and nodded
1899
9 9/16 x 9 5/8 inches (242 x 245 mm)
Pen and black ink and graphite, on illustration board.
1986.1434
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
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Title from publication.
Original drawing for an illustration for Tennyson's poem "The goose," as it appeared in A dream of fair women & other poems, London : Grant Richards, 1900, p. 193.
Original drawing for an illustration for Tennyson's poem "The goose," as it appeared in A dream of fair women & other poems, London : Grant Richards, 1900, p. 193.
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Signed and dated at upper left in pen and black ink, "Edmund J. Sullivan. 99"; directions for the addition of color to the figures in the margins in pencil; inscribed " No. 2 The Goose Tennyson 1899 Bahts[?] Berlin 1907 J29328", followed by, "Set of 4 £30", on verso.
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Century Drawings
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