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Original drawing for an illustration for G.K. Chesterton's short story "The paradise of thieves," from The wisdom of Father Brown; as the story first appeared with Sullivan's illustrations in the Pall Mall magazine, Aug., 1913.
Signed and dated at lower left, "Edmund J. Sullivan. 1913"; inscribed in ink at bottom, "'This,' answered Ezza gravely, 'is not the costume of an Englishman, but of the Italian of the future.'"; on verso, in blue pencil, partly trimmed, "Special note: Please pull two good proofs [of?] this subject on Bond[...] board, for colouring [by?] the artist."
Drawing shows a restaurant dining room, where a gentleman in a loud check suit bows to the formally dressed proprietor; two diners, one of them Father Brown, watch the exchange from a table in the background.