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Original drawing for an illustration for G.K. Chesterton's short story "The purple wig," from The wisdom of Father Brown; as the story first appeared with Sullivan's illustrations in the Pall Mall magazine, May, 1913.
Signed and dated at lower right, "Edmund J. Sullivan. 1913"; inscribed in ink at bottom, "The purple wig. By G.K. Chesterton. II. I simply sprang on him."; at top right, "Please return original to to Edmund J. Sullivan A.R.W.S 18 Hill Road St. John's Wood, NW."; label on verso from the Pall Mall Magazine, addressed to the engraving/printing firm of Messrs. Hiffe, specifying the screen size, along with the dimensions, number of copies, date needed, and the title of the story for which the engraved block is needed.
Drawing shows a scene in front of a country inn, where a man in a check suit is lunging at a gentleman in a black topcoat, upsetting a bench and table and knocking the latter's wig from his head; in the background, another man standing at left holds up his hands in dismay, as Father Brown, at right, regards the scene complacently.