Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
The Imperial Demagogue
1917
14 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches (375 x 266 mm)
Pen and black ink over graphite, on illustration board.
1986.1575
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
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Title from item.
Caption continues: "Nothin' doin! My feet are cold. Nobody loves me. My clothes don't fit, and I want to go into the garden and eat worms."
Original drawing by E.J. Sullivan for a political cartoon for publication in the London weekly, The National news, 1917.
Caption continues: "Nothin' doin! My feet are cold. Nobody loves me. My clothes don't fit, and I want to go into the garden and eat worms."
Original drawing by E.J. Sullivan for a political cartoon for publication in the London weekly, The National news, 1917.
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Signed and dated at upper right, "Edmund J. Sullivan 1917"; on verso in pen, "The Imperial demagogue . "Nothin' doin! My feet are cold. Nobody loves me. My clothes don't fit, and I want to go into the garden and eat worms."; below that: This title was not used, as I had only written it on a sheet of notepaper that was overlooked in the [illegible]; the drawing was called "William the Democrat" in "The National News."; in pencil, "National News (Wymans)", followed by specifications for the printer.
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Century Drawings
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