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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
The French Fighting Cock Crows
1918
Pen and black ink over graphite, on illustration board.
14 11/16 x 10 5/8 inches (373 x 271 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1582
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Signed and dated at upper left, "Edmund J. Sullivan. 1918"; on verso in pen, "The The French Fighting Cock Crows. 'On ne passe pas!'"; in pencil, "National News 4 1/2 wide."
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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Title from item.
Caption continues: "On ne passe pas!"
Original drawing by E.J. Sullivan for a political cartoon for publication in the London weekly, The National news, 1918.
Summary:
Drawing shows a row of French soldiers advancing under the flag of the French Republic, carried aloft by the figure of Marianne; in the foreground, a cock crows atop a fence post strung with barbed wire.
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