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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
When the Good Ship Comes Home
1919
Pen and black ink and graphite, on illustration board.
20 15/16 x 14 11/16 inches (531 x 374 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1753
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Title from item.
Drawing probably intended for an illustration for an unidentified publication.
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Signed and dated with the drawing, "Edmund J. Sullivan 1919"; inscribed on verso in ink, "When the Good Ship Comes Home", above that, in pencil, "The Good Ship Common Sense", directly below, "(Query - Is this ship a phantom ship?)", on lower portion of board, "To be returned to Edmund J. Sullivan ARWS 18 Hill Road St. John's Wood N.W. 8."
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing shows the prow of a ship, with a winged figurehead holding a dove and wearing a crown of laurels; doves and cherubs fly around the figure, the latter bearing garlands of flowers, as a nude winged male figure stands poised with a bow and arrow in his hands at the base of the ship's bowsprit.
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