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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
"The Listeners"
1924
Pen and black ink over graphite, on illustration board.
7 9/16 x 14 11/16 inches (192 x 373 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1595
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Original drawing by E.J. Sullivan for a tailpiece illustration for an unidentified edition of Walter De La Mare's poem, "The listeners".
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Signed and dated at lower right, "Edmund J. Sullivan. 1924"; at foot: "Tailpiece for 'The Listeners' - by Walter de la Mare".
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing shows a room lined with paintings and populated with ghostly figures in eighteenth century dress.
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