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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
The British Jury. Representative Men of Great Britain
1920s?
Graphite and pen and ink on paper.
19 7/8 x 14 15/16 inches (505 x 380 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1653
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Caption continues: The Right of Every Briton Trial by Jury of His Peers; below image: The Verdict. Twelve Good Men & True. A Verdict for Dewars.
Original preliminary sketch for an advertisement for Dewar's Whiskey, by Edmund J. Sullivan.
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Captioned in pencil at head, "The British Jury. Representative Men of Great Britain The Right of Every Briton Trial by Jury of His Peers"; below, "The Verdict. Twelve Good Men & True. A Verdict for Dewars"; artist's note at lower left, "Representative institution"; at lower right, "desk with brief bag".
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Sketch shows a box of jurers seated in a full courtroom.
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