Edmund Joseph Sullivan

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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
A Dour Scots Philosopher
Nov. 30, 1923
Graphite on paper.
9 x 7 1/16 inches (229 x 180 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1615
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Caption continues: Dewar & Dour are both Scottish, but mean different things.
Original preliminary sketch for an advertisement for Dewar's Whiskey, by Edmund J. Sullivan.

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Dated at upper right: Nov. 30, 1923; at head, in pencil, "A Dour Scots Philosopher"; at bottom, "Dewar & Dour are both Scottish, but mean different things".

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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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Seated portrait of a bearded man.

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