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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
The Right Time by the Sun
1899
Pen and black ink over graphite, on illustration board.
15 5/8 x 11 inches (397 x 279 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1450
Notes:
Title from printed caption.
Below first line of caption: The Rev. Gilbert White at his sundial.
Original drawing for an illustration for Gilbert White's The natural history & antiquities of Selborne & a garden kalendar. London : S.T. Freemantle, 1900, v. 1, p. 188.
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Signed and dated at lower right, "Edmund J. Sullivan. 99"; captioned below in ink: "The right time by the sun."
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing shows Rev. White reading a sundial with his open watch in his hand.
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