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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
Attendant Ogre in the Register Office ...
1933
Graphite on paper.
11 x 15 inches (280 x 381 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1600
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Title from item.
Caption continues: Are you next? Are you next? I think we'll do YOU next - (The liars) N-n-n-no, N-n-n-no, NO.
Original preliminary sketch by E.J. Sullivan for a cartoon that was unsuccessfully submitted to Punch by the artist.
Accompanying letter cataloged separately.
Inscription:
Signed and dated at upper right, "Edmund J. Sullivan. Jan 25, 1933"; at foot in pencil: Attendant Ogre in the Register Office: - Are you next? Are you next? I think we'll do YOU next - (The liars) N-n-n-no, N-n-n-no, NO.
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing shows a register office waiting room filled with couples; an office official stands in the doorway, pointing at one young couple, who register alarm at having been selected to go next.
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