Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
"This," answered Ezza gravely, "is not the costume of an Englishman, but of the Italian of the future."
1913
13 5/8 x 3/4 inches (347 x 222 mm)
Pen and black ink over graphite, on illustration board.
1986.1467
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
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Caption title.
Original drawing for an illustration for G.K. Chesterton's short story "The paradise of thieves," from The wisdom of Father Brown; as the story first appeared with Sullivan's illustrations in the Pall Mall magazine, Aug., 1913.
Original drawing for an illustration for G.K. Chesterton's short story "The paradise of thieves," from The wisdom of Father Brown; as the story first appeared with Sullivan's illustrations in the Pall Mall magazine, Aug., 1913.
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Signed and dated at lower left, "Edmund J. Sullivan. 1913"; inscribed in ink at bottom, "'This,' answered Ezza gravely, 'is not the costume of an Englishman, but of the Italian of the future.'"; on verso, in blue pencil, partly trimmed, "Special note: Please pull two good proofs [of?] this subject on Bond[...] board, for colouring [by?] the artist."
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