Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
Cutting the Coat According to the Cloth
1917
14 11/16 x 10 9/16 inches (373 x 269 mm)
Pen and black ink over graphite, on illustration board.
1986.1576
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
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Title from item.
Caption continues: Head Cutter. "We're cutting it very fine, Madam - you must either diet yourself, or submit to tight lacing."
Original drawing by E.J. Sullivan for a political cartoon for publication in the London weekly, The National news, 1917.
Caption continues: Head Cutter. "We're cutting it very fine, Madam - you must either diet yourself, or submit to tight lacing."
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 left, "Edmund J. Sullivan 1917"; on verso in pen, "Cutting the Coat According to the Cloth. Head Cutter. "We're cutting it very fine, Madam - you must either diet yourself, or submit to tight lacing."; in blue pencil, "National News," followed by specifications for the printer.
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