Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
"Cursed is the ground for thy sake ..."
1920s?
14 11/16 x 10 5/8 inches (373 x 270 mm)
Pen and ink over graphite, on illustration board.
1986.1605
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
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Caption continues: "Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee ... out of it wast thou taken; for dust thou art, and unto dust shall thou return." (Genesis. III. 17-19.) The Lord God sent him forth from the Garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken. (ib. 23).
Original drawing by E.J. Sullivan, evidently intended as an illustration for an unidentified publication.
Caption continues: "Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee ... out of it wast thou taken; for dust thou art, and unto dust shall thou return." (Genesis. III. 17-19.) The Lord God sent him forth from the Garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken. (ib. 23).
Original drawing by E.J. Sullivan, evidently intended as an illustration for an unidentified publication.
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At top, in pen and ink: "Cursed is the ground for thy sake ... Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee ... out of it wast thou taken; for dust thou art, and unto dust shall thou return." (Genesis. III. 17-19.) The Lord God sent him forth from the Garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken. (ib. 23); in pencil at foot at left: Fagging iron(?), shears, penny knife, saw, bill hook; at right: what o'clocks, nettles, docks, stones, teazles.
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