Edmund Joseph Sullivan

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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
The Imperial Spirit Dewars
1923?
Graphite on paper.
8 15/16 x 7 3/16 inches (227 x 182 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1616
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Title from item.
Original preliminary sketch for an advertisement for Dewar's Whiskey, by Edmund J. Sullivan.

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At head, in pencil, "The Imperial Spirit"; at bottom, "Dewars"; two stanzas from part V of Swinburne's poem "Adieux à Marie Stuart", inscribed in pencil on verso.

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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary: 

Seated portrait of Mary Queen of Scots.

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