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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
"Do your worst, Father: in your Godless war I will take no part"
1907-1908
Pen and black ink and pencil, on illustration board.
10 9/16 x 7 3/16 inches (268 x 183 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1374
Notes:
Title from published caption.
Original drawing for an illustration for A.C. Farqharson's translation of La Motte Fouqué's Sintram & his companions, London : Methuen & Co., 1908, p. 160 (facing).
Inscription:
Signed and dated at lower right in pen and black ink, "Edmund J. Sullivan. 07-8".
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing shows Sintram and his father Biörn standing face to face on a battlefield amidst fire and slaughter.
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