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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
She would suddenly spring up in affected surprise ...
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.
1986.1486
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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, "She would suddenly spring up in affected surprise, & pointing to the clock 'Mercy, Mr. Archie!' she would say, 'Whatten a time o'night is this of it!' (Weir of Hermiston. p. 53)."
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing shows Archie Weir seated in front of the fireplace, with Kirstie the housekeeper standing beside him.
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