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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
A Genial Spirit
1923?
Graphite on paper.
8 15/16 x 7 1/8 inches (227 x 181 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1618
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Caption continues below: Fill a bumper fair every drop we sprinkle on the brow of care smooths away a wrinkle -- Old song[.] Fill up with Dewars.
Original preliminary sketch for an advertisement for Dewar's Whiskey, by Edmund J. Sullivan.
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At head, in pencil, "A Genial Spirit"; at bottom,"Fill a bumper fair every drop we sprinkle on the brow of care smooths away a wrinkle -- Old song[.] Fill up with Dewars."; on verso in pencil, "Aqua vitae/ Eau de vie/ Usque baugh/ Whiskey Bhoy In one word Dewars. "The girl I left behind me-" Drink her health & happiness in Dewars. Dewars brings the harvest home.
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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Sketch shows a portly man waving a glass in one hand and singing with the other hand placed on his chest.
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