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Preliminary sketch of a design for an advertisement for the furniture company of David Drage and Sons Limited, published in The Pall Mall in 1925.
Sheet of tracing paper attached to verso of sheet which is covered with graphite for transfer.
Signed and dated below, "Edmund J. Sullivan. 1925"; captioned in pencil, "The Standard Bearer"; artist's note at lower right, "I would suggest a dragon for standard shield, crest, etc., as being fairly near the old "canting heraldry" - Drage & Dragon. A point for the copy writer might be made of the proverb "An Englishman's house is his castle." Here is Mr. Drage bearing the standard of his system into the stronghold. Rough sketch by Edmund J. Sullivan A.R.W.S.
Drawing shows a mounted knight in full armor, entering a castle gate armed with lance and shield.