Edmund Joseph Sullivan

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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
Autolycus
Nov. 30, 1923
Graphite on paper, mounted on backing sheet.
9 x 7 1/8 inches (229 x 181 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1622
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Caption continues below: Jog on, jog on, the footpath way And merrily hent the style-a Your merry heart goes all the day, Your sad tires in a mile-a. (Shakespeare) Dewars Gladdens the Heart.
Original preliminary sketch by Edmund J. Sullivan of an advertisement for Dewar's Whiskey.
Drawing mounted on p. [1] of a folded sheet, 15 1/8 x 22 inches, with another advertising sketch by Sullivan mounted on p. [3] (see 1986.1623).

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Dated at upper right: Nov. 30, 1923; at head, in pencil, "Autolycus"; at bottom, "Jog on, jog on, the footpath way And merrily hent the style-a Your merry heart goes all the day, Your sad tires in a mile-a. (Shakespeare) Dewars Gladdens the Heart" [with the word "Maketh" preceding the word "Gladdens", struck out in pencil by the artist].

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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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Sketch shows Shakespeare's Autolycus, with his peddler's tray, stepping over a stile.

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