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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
"Oh!" said she; "I only allow Mr. Nicholson four cigars a day"
1927
Black ink over graphite, on illustration board.
14 11/16 x 10 7/16 inches (374 x 266 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1497
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Original drawing for an illustration for Robert Louis Stevenson's story "The misadventures of John Nicholson," published in: Weir of Hermiston. The misadventures of John Nicholson. London : Macmillan, 1928.
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Inscribed and dated at lower right, "Edmund J. Sullivan 1927"; inscribed in pen at bottom, "John Nicholson. 'Oh!' said she; 'I only allow Mr. Nicholson four cigars a day' p. 202."
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing shows Mrs. Nicholson conversing in a drawing room with two other ladies over tea, as two gentlemen enter the room at right in time to overhear her remark.
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