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Edmund J. Sullivan
1869-1933
Knight and Lady Embracing in a Garden
Pen and black ink with brushwork over graphite, on illustration board.
Image: 14 1/4 x 10 7/8 inches (362 x 276 mm); on board: 16 1/8 x 12 3/4 inches (411 x 324 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1755
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Title devised by cataloger.
Drawing probably intended for an illustration for an unidentified publication.
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In pencil at upper right, "See 'Sculpture'. E.B."
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing shows a knight in armor, wearing a helmet topped with a swan's head, embracing a young woman in medieval dress in a garden beside a stone walled buidling; in the background at far right, a man is visible spying upon them from among the trees.
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