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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
Then the dwarf threw Sintram's lock of hair high up towards the clouds
1907
Pen and black ink and pencil, on illustration board.
10 11/16 x 7 9/16 inches (272 x 193 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1367
Notes:
Title from published caption.
Original drawing for an illustration for A.C. Farqharson's translation of La Motte Fouqué's Sintram & his companions, London : Methuen & Co., 1908, p. 84 (facing).
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Signed and dated at lower right in pen and black ink, "Edmund J. Sullivan. 1907".
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing shows the knight Sintram falling forward to the right, while the figure of the Devil/dwarf leaps into the air beside him, with his head back and both arms flung wide as he throws locks of hair to the wind.
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