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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
The Old True Blue
1914
Black ink over graphite, on illustration board.
10 1/2 x 7 3/16 inches (266 x 183 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1502
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Caption title.
Original drawing for an illustration for George Outram's Legal and other lyrics. London : T.N. Foulis, 1916.
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Inscribed and dated at lower right of drawing, "Edmund J. Sullivan 1914"; inscribed in pencil at top, "The Old True Blue"; at bottom, "p. 67."
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing shows a disabled beggar, with an eyepatch, pegleg, crutch, and hook for a hand, standing on the street with a dog carrying a cup for alms attached to its collar. The wall behind him is plastered with campaign posters.
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