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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
"I hit at last upon this lamp. I have wrenched off the wires and things, and I hold it so."
1899
Pen and black ink over graphite, on illustration board.
15 5/8 x 10 5/8 inches (397 x 269 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1537
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Title from published caption.
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. 198.
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Signed and dated at lower right, "Edmund J. Sullivan. /99"; numbered at bottom, "I. No. 4"; inscribed in pencil on verso, "Cure for love"; above that, "Proofs to be seen by Mr. Carl Hentschel next Thursday; with stamp reading "Pall Mall Magazine," at upper left.
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing shows the young hero, Denton, standing over another man, the hypnotist, and threatening him with a floor lamp topped with a pointed finial.
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