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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
Age & Character
Dec. 1, 1923
Graphite on paper, mounted on backing sheet.
8 15/16 x 7 3/16 inches (227 x 183 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1619
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Caption continues below: Falstaff. Boy! there's lime in this sack-if it had been Dewars Whiskey-there would have been no complaints.
Original preliminary sketch by Edmund J. Sullivan of an advertisement for Dewar's Whiskey.
Drawing mounted on sheet 14 11/16 x 11 1/16 inches.
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Dated at upper right: Dec. 1, 1923; at head, in pencil, "Age & Character"; at bottom, "Falstaff. Boy! there's lime in this sack-if it had been Dewars Whiskey-there would have been no complaints."
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Sketch shows the figure of Falstaff, seated in a chair with a tankard.
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