Edmund Joseph Sullivan

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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
Skates, skates, all sorts and sizes, pick 'em out where you like! ...
Jan. 25, 1933
Graphite on paper.
11 x 15 inches (280 x 381 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1602
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Title from item.
Caption continues: Come on Bill, lets have another pair between us.
Original preliminary sketch by E.J. Sullivan for a cartoon that was apparently unsuccessfully submitted to Punch by the artist.
Accompanying letter cataloged separately.

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Signed and dated at upper right, "Edmund J. Sullivan. Jan 25, 1933"; at foot in pencil: Skates, skates, all sorts and sizes, pick 'em out where you like! Come on Bill, lets have anorher pair between us; in the margin at left, "One skate each"; at top right, "or 5 boys- Can we have two and a half pairs of skates for sixpence?"

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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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Drawing shows a man standing beside a sign reading " 3d an hour" and holding up several pairs of skates; two boys stand at the far left, each wearing a single skate on one foot; skating figures are visible on the ice indicated in the background.

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