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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
"I will wager you Houghton Roy against twenty thousand guineas," he said, speaking with slow emphasis, "That I will marry the first woman eligible that I encounter, going from these doors."
1902
Pen and black ink over graphite, on illustration board.
15 5/16 x 10 7/16 inches (388 x 266 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1547
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Title from published caption.
Original drawing by E.J. Sullivan for an illustration for H.B. Marriott Watson's short story, "The Squire's wager," as it appeared with Sullivan's illustrations in The Pall Mall magazine, v. 28, 1902, p. 483.
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Signed and dated at bottom, "Edmund J. Sullivan. 1902"; captioned in pencil on verso, "Squire's wager. I. 'I will wager you Houghton Roy against £10000," he said, speaking with slow emphasis, 'That I will marry the first woman eligible that I encounter, going from these doors.'"
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing shows two gentlemen in eighteenth century dress, one seated and the other standing at a card table.
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