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"But how can I go out," wailed Darby in great distress

Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933

"But how can I go out," wailed Darby in great distress

1905
14 5/8 x 10 5/8 inches (372 x 270 mm)
Pen and black ink over graphite, on illustration board.
1986.1530

Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.

Notes
Title from published caption.
Original drawing by E.J. Sullivan for an illustration for Herminie Templeton's story, "The ashes of old wishes," as it was published in McClure's magazine, December 1905, v. 26, p. 211.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated at lower right, "Edmund J. Sullivan. 1905"; inscribed in pen on verso, "The Ashes of Old Wishes" (3) "How can I go out," wailed Darby in great distress. "Where are me two foine legs? Whats become of me I'd like to know?"; label affixed to verso with the order or plate number(?), story title, and artist's name filled in.
Classification
Century Drawings