Edmund Joseph Sullivan

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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
Dewars a Great Scot!
Dec. 1, 1923
Graphite on paper, mounted on backing sheet.
9 x 7 1/16 inches (229 x 179 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1620
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Caption continues below: Phairson[?] had a son who married Noah's daughter, and nearly spoilt the flood, by drinking up the water. This would he done-I for one believe it had the mixture been only half Glenlivet-the ballad [illegible] I for one am sure only one half Dewar.
Original preliminary sketch by Edmund J. Sullivan of an advertisement for Dewar's Whiskey.
Drawing mounted on p. [1] of a folded sheet, 15 1/8 x 22 inches, with another sketch by Sullivan mounted on p. [3] (see 1986.1621).

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Dated at upper right: Dec. 1, 1923; at head, in pencil, "Dewars a Great Scot!"; at bottom, "Phairson[?] had a son who married Noah's daughter, and nearly spoilt the flood, by drinking up the water. This would he done-I for one believe it had the mixture been only half Glenlivet-the ballad [illegible] I for one am sure only one half Dewar."; note in pencil at lower right, "all sorts of odd fish in water."

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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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Sketch shows a Scotsman in a kilt standing in the water, surrounded by fish, and draining a bucket, with the Ark and animals visible in the background.

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