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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
"Do you see yourself presenting the milkmaid to papa as the future lady of Hermiston? ... plainly, I don't"
1927
Black ink over graphite, on illustration board.
14 11/16 x 10 3/8 inches (373 x 265 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1489
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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 at lower left, "Edmund J. Sullivan 1927"; inscribed in pen at bottom, "Weir of Hermiston. (p. 109) 'Do you see yourself presenting the milkmaid to papa as the future lady of Hermiston? ... plainly, I don't.'"
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing shows Archie Weir and his friend Frank Innes at the table; Innes sits discoursing with a cigar in hand as Archie stands up in indignation, the portrait of his father clearly visible behind him over the fireplace.
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