Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
Our Autocrats. The Coalition
1918?
7 3/8 x 5 1/4 inches (188 x 133 mm)
Pen and ink over graphite, on illustration board.
1986.1607
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title from protective guard sheet affixed to the item, and from inscription on verso.
Caption continues: Ll. George & Bonar Law alternately: Ll.G. United we sing as one individual B.L. You're aware I'm a king Ll.G. To my kingdom I bid you all B.L. We're We're aware that you object to pavilions and palaces Ll.G. But you'll find that we respect your republican fallacies. (W.S. Gilbert).
Original drawing by E.J. Sullivan for a cartoon for an unidentified publication.
Caption continues: Ll. George & Bonar Law alternately: Ll.G. United we sing as one individual B.L. You're aware I'm a king Ll.G. To my kingdom I bid you all B.L. We're We're aware that you object to pavilions and palaces Ll.G. But you'll find that we respect your republican fallacies. (W.S. Gilbert).
Original drawing by E.J. Sullivan for a cartoon for an unidentified publication.
Inscriptions/Markings
On guard sheet affixed to drawing, "Ll. George & Bonar Law alternately: Ll.G. United we sing as one individual B.L. You're aware I'm a king Ll.G. To my kingdom I bid you all B.L. We're We're aware that you object to pavilions and palaces Ll.G. But you'll find that we respect your republican fallacies. (W.S. Gilbert)"; on verso, in ink, "Coelesced. L.G. ... [as above]; above that, "by Edmund J. Sullivan A.R.W.S. 18 Hill Road, N.W.8."
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