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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
The great machine that had come flying through the air from America that morning rushed down out of the sky
1899
Pen and black ink over graphite, on illustration board.
15 1/2 x 10 5/8 inches (394 x 269 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1536
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Title from published caption.
Drawing affixed at top to mat, with a label at lower right reading: The Ornithos. Flying machine.
Original drawing by E.J. Sullivan for an illustration for "The cure for love," the first chapter of the H.G. Wells novella, A story of the days to come, as it was published with Sullivan's illustrations in the Pall Mall magazine, v. 18, 1899, p. 192.
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Signed and dated at lower left, "Edmund J. Sullivan. /99"; inscribed in pencil on verso, "Cure for love "; above that, "Proofs to be seen by Mr. Hentschel next Thursday.
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing shows a fantastic flying machine, equipped with propellers and enormous sails, flying through the clouds and trailing steam.
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