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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
Father Brown looked honestly embarrassed, and passed his hand across his forehead
1913
Pen and black ink over graphite, on illustration board.
14 15/16 x 10 3/4 inches (379 x 273 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1469
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Caption title.
Original drawing for an illustration for G.K. Chesterton's short story "The strange crime of John Boulnois," from The wisdom of Father Brown; as the story first appeared with Sullivan's illustrations in the Pall Mall magazine, July, 1913.
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Signed and dated at lower right, "Edmund J. Sullivan. 1913"; inscribed in ink at bottom, "'Father Brown looked honestly embarrassed, and passed his hand across his forehead.' I The strange crime of John Boulnois."; inscribed in ink at top, "Please return drawing when reproduced to Edmund J. Sullivan A.R.W.S 18 Hill Road St. John's Wood, NW. May[?] 9th 1913".
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing shows Father Brown standing in conversation with a woman in medieval costume at the head of the steps in front of a manor house.
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