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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
Just then he caught sight of Tyltyl and began to shout like mad ...
1920
Pen and black ink over graphite, on illustration board.
14 3/16 x 10 7/16 inches (361 x 266 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1597
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Full caption reads: Just then he caught sight of Tyltyl and began to shout like mad: "A thief! a thief! a thief! .... what are you doing here?" Tyltyl II.
Original drawing by E.J. Sullivan, evidently for an illustration for an unidentified edition of Maurice Maeterlinck's Tyltyl : being the story of Maurice Maeterlinck's play, "The betrothal," told for children.
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Signed and dated at lower right, "Edmund J. Sullivan. 1920; at foot, "Just then he caught sight of Tyltyl and began to shout like mad: "A thief! a thief! a thief! .... what are you doing here?" Tyltyl II."
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing shows the Miser's cave, with gold littering the floor, where the Miser confronts Tytyl with wild eyed alarm.
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