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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
Rescued Mariner - Above the Storm ...
1901
Pen and black ink over graphite, on illustration board.
14 5/8 x 10 5/8 inches (371 x 271 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1585
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Title from item.
Caption continues: "Ahoy matey! - What won the Derby?"
Original drawing by E.J. Sullivan for a cartoon for an unidentified issue of Fun magazine.
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Signed and dated at lower left, "Edmund J. Sullivan. 1901"; at foot: Rescued Mariner - Above the Storm - "Ahoy matey! - What won the Derby?"; on verso: Fun ... Thurs 2 pm.
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing shows a sailor suspended from a breeches buoy above the waves, with a sailing ship foundering in the distance.
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