Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
This short chain of nine men connects the Battle of Hastings with the present year, 1899
1899
15 5/8 x 10 11/16 inches (398 x 272 mm)
Pen and black ink over graphite, on illustration board.
1986.1541
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
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Title from published caption.
Original drawing by E.J. Sullivan for an illustration for J. Holt Schooling's article, "Links in the chain of time," as it was published with Sullivan's illustrations in the Pall Mall magazine, v. 19, 1899, p. 77.
Original drawing by E.J. Sullivan for an illustration for J. Holt Schooling's article, "Links in the chain of time," as it was published with Sullivan's illustrations in the Pall Mall magazine, v. 19, 1899, p. 77.
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Signed and dated at lower right, "Edmund J. Sullivan. 1899"; at bottom, "Links in the Chain of Time. 'This short chain of nine men connects the Battle of Hastings with the present year 1899.'"
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