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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
The Forty-One Trees Bore their Burden
1901
Pen and black ink over graphite, on paper.
14 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches (363 x 287 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1546
Notes:
Title from published caption.
Original drawing by E.J. Sullivan for an illustration for Robert Barr's short story, "The King investigates," published in the author's collected series of short stories featuring the fictionalized adventures of James V Scotland, entitled: A prince of good fellows, London : Chatto & Windus; New York : McClure, Phillips & Co., 1902.
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Signed and dated at lower right, "E.J. Sullivan. 1901"; captioned in pencil at top, "The forty-one trees bore their burden. The investigation of the King"; label on verso recording the title of the article and the artist.
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing shows the bodies of men clad in kilts hanging from trees in a forest.
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