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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
"As dull as they please"
1903
Pen and black ink over graphite, on illustration board.
10 5/8 x 7 1/2 inches (271 x 191 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1444
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Original drawing for an illustration for Oliver Goldsmith's A citizen of the world, London : Wells Gardner, Darton & Co., 1904, p. 76.
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Signed and dated at lower right, "Edmund J. Sullivan. 1903; inscribed on verso, "No. III. 6847"; stamped with publisher's stamp, "Wells Gardner, Darton & Co., 3, Paternoster Bldgs., London, E.C."
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing shows a stout gentleman in wig and 18th century attire, napping in an armchair, with his mouth open and an open book splayed across his chest; at top and integral to the illustration design are the words, "'As dull as they please'".
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