Edmund Joseph Sullivan

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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
Harry the King! Shakespear's Hero
1923?
Graphite on paper, mounted on backing sheet.
8 15/16 x 7 1/8 inches (227 x 181 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1626
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Caption continues below: Old men forget; but all shall be forgot, But they'll remember with advantages - the deeds they did this day. Then shall our names, Familiar in their mouths as household words Harry the King, Bedford & Exeter Be in their flowing cups fully remembered.
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 1986.1627).

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At head, in pencil, "Harry the King! Shakespear's Hero."; at bottom, "Old men forget; but all shall be forgot, But they'll remember with advantages - the deeds they did this day. Then shall our names, Familiar in their mouths as household words Harry the King, Bedford & Exeter Be in their flowing cups fully remembered."

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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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Sketch of a King Henry V astride his horse, his sword held aloft, as he deliver's the St. Crispen's Day Speech.

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