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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
Yaya
1903
Pen and black ink over graphite, on illustration board.
7 3/8 x 3 15/16 inches (188 x 100 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1445
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Title from item and published list of illustrations.
Original drawing for an illustration for Oliver Goldsmith's A citizen of the world, London : Wells Gardner, Darton & Co., 1904, p. 102.
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Signed with artist's monogram and dated, "03" at lower right; inscribed on verso, "6853"; stamped with publisher's stamp, "Wells Gardner, Darton & Co., 3, Paternoster Bldgs., London, E.C."
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing shows the head and shoulders of a young Chinese woman wearing a long string of beads; figure flanked by the word "Ya-ya".
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