Edmund Joseph Sullivan

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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
"Between the Devil and Deep Sea" (The Situation Of Holland)
1917
Pen and black ink over graphite, on illustration board.
14 3/4 x 10 3/8 inches (375 x 263 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1572
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Title from item.
Original drawing by E.J. Sullivan for a political cartoon for publication in the London weekly, The National news, 1917.

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Signed and dated at upper left, "Edmund J. Sullivan 1917"; caption at foot, along with "Holland March 1917" at lower left and "by Edmund Sullivan ARWS" at lower right; on verso in blue pencil, "National News," followed by specifications for the printer.

Provenance: 
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary: 

Drawing shows a young woman in Dutch costume forced to the edge of a quay by a monster wielding a bloody sword; a shark, octopus, and giant crab clinging to a naval mine all await her in the water below.

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