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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
"Shall I give you his name?"
1927
Black ink over graphite, on illustration board.
14 11/16 x 10 1/2 inches (373 x 266 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1485
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Original drawing for an illustration for Robert Louis Stevenson's unfinished novel "Weir of Hermiston," published in, Weir of Hermiston. The misadventures of John Nicholson. London : Macmillan, 1928.
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Inscribed and dated below, "Edmund J. Sullivan 1927"; inscribed in pen at bottom, "Weir of Hermiston. (p. 44) 'Shall I give you his name?' 'The Lord Justice-Clerk, Lord Hermiston,' said Archie...& the pair drank the toast deeply."
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing shows Archie Weir and Lord Glenalmond toasting Archie's father, Lord Hermiston, over a table set with bread and cheese.
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