Edmund Joseph Sullivan

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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
Our Oldest Ally
1917
Pen and black ink over graphite, on illustration board.
14 11/16 x 10 5/8 inches (373 x 270 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1570
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Caption continues: General Bull to master gunner Time, "I hope, sir, that that one will finish the job."
Original drawing by E.J. Sullivan for political cartoon for publication in the London weekly, The National news, 1917.

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Signed and dated at upper left, "Edmund J. Sullivan 1917"; on verso in ink, "Our oldest ally. General Bull to Master Gunner Time, 'I hope, sir, that that one will finish the job.' By Edmund Sullivan A.R.W.S. Dec. 28, 1917."; inscribed below in pencil, "National News," followed by specifications for the printer.

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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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Drawing shows Father Time loading a shell labeled "1918" into a field gun, while a man in a general's uniform looks on; in the foreground lie Time's hourglass and scythe, alongside a row of empty shell cases labeled 1914, 1915, 1916, etc.

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