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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
Men Hanging a Monk From a Window
1898
Pen and black ink over graphite, on paper.
12 1/2 x 9 3/8 inches (317 x 238 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1722
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Title devised by cataloger.
Drawing probably intended as an illustration for an unidentified publication.
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Signed and dated by the artist's at lower left, "Edmund J. Sullivan 98".
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing shows three men, two dressed as soldiers and wearing helmets, the third dressed as a cavalier, throwing a praying priest or monk from a church or monastery window with a rope tied around his neck.
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