Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
An empty medicine bottle lay on the floor. Across the table the body of the man in the brown dressing gown lay
1913
14 15/16 x 10 3/4 inches (379 x 273 mm)
Pen and black ink over graphite, on illustration board.
1986.1472
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
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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.
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.
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Signed and dated at bottom, "Edmund J. Sullivan. 1913"; inscribed in ink at bottom, "The head of Caesar. 2. An empty medicine bottle lay on the floor. Across the table the body of the man in the brown dressing gown lay."; at upper right, "Please return original 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 engraving/printing firm of Messrs. Hiffe, 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.
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