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Caption continues: Come on Bill, lets have another pair between us.
Original preliminary sketch by E.J. Sullivan for a cartoon that was apparently unsuccessfully submitted to Punch by the artist.
Accompanying letter cataloged separately.
Signed and dated at upper right, "Edmund J. Sullivan. Jan 25, 1933"; at foot in pencil: Skates, skates, all sorts and sizes, pick 'em out where you like! Come on Bill, lets have anorher pair between us; in the margin at left, "One skate each"; at top right, "or 5 boys- Can we have two and a half pairs of skates for sixpence?"
Drawing shows a man standing beside a sign reading " 3d an hour" and holding up several pairs of skates; two boys stand at the far left, each wearing a single skate on one foot; skating figures are visible on the ice indicated in the background.