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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
There were those that laughed
1901
Pen and black ink over graphite, on illustration board.
14 5/8 x 10 5/8 inches (372 x 271 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1561
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Original drawing by E.J. Sullivan for an illustration for John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's progress. London : George Newnes Ltd., 1901.
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Signed and dated at lower left, "Edmund J. Sullivan 1901"; on verso in pencil, "Pilgrim's Progress vol. II There were those that laughed"; with specifications and directions for the printer written in pencil.
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing shows two Roman soldiers raising the crucified Christ on the cross in front of a crowd of onlookers, some of whom laugh at the spectacle; in the foreground at lower right, the two Mary's comfort one another.
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