Edmund Joseph Sullivan

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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
From one end of the kitchen to the other they whirled
1905
Pen and black ink over graphite, on illustration board.
15 1/8 x 10 11/16 inches (385 x 273 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1533
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Title from published caption.
Original drawing by E.J. Sullivan for an illustration for Herminie Templeton's story, "Killbohgan and Killboggan" as it was published in McClure's magazine, v. 27, 1906, p. 655.

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Signed and dated at lower left, "Edmund J. Sullivan. 1905"; inscribed in pencil at foot, "From one end of the kitchen to the other they whirled, Jerry's legs flying out behind like a couple of flails"; below that, "candlesticks, clock, pendulum & weights flying"; label affixed to verso with the order or plate number(?), story title, and artist's name filled in.

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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary: 

Drawing shows a man wrestling wildly with a grotesque and gnomish figure, upsetting the kitchen stools and butter churn in his struggle with the creature.

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