Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

The priest pulled the curtain back and looked out. He waited till a stranger in the street had passed the window

Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933

The priest pulled the curtain back and looked out. He waited till a stranger in the street had passed the window

1913
14 15/16 x 10 3/4 inches (379 x 273 mm)
Pen and black ink over graphite, on illustration board.
1986.1471

Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.

Notes
Caption title.
Original drawing for an illustration for G.K. Chesterton's short story "The head of Caesar," from The wisdom of Father Brown; as the story first appeared with Sullivan's illustrations in the Pall Mall magazine, June, 1913.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated at lower right, "Edmund J. Sullivan. 1913"; inscribed in ink at bottom, "The head of Caesar. I. The priest pulled the curtain back and looked out. He waited till a stranger in the street had passed the window"; at upper right, "Please return original to to Edmund J. Sullivan A.R.W.S 18 Hill Road St. John's Wood, NW."; label on verso from the Pall Mall Magazine, addressed to the engraver, specifying that a line block is wanted, along with the dimensions, number of copies, date needed, and the title of the story for which the engraved block is needed.
Classification
Century Drawings