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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
Lighting the Pipe of War
1918
Pen and black ink over graphite, on illustration board.
14 11/16 x 10 7/16 inches (373 x 265 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1583
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Original drawing by E.J. Sullivan for a political cartoon for publication in the London weekly, The National news, 1918.
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Signed and dated at upper left, "Edmund J. Sullivan. 1918"; on verso in pen, "Lighting the Pipe of War "; in pencil, "National News 4 1/2 wide."
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing shows Wilhelm II seated on a barrel of gun powder and holding a pipe to his lips; the Crown Prince Wilhelm is shown emerging from his side, and lighting his father's pipe with a burning document labeled "Belgian Treaty."
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