Holdings: [Giving him his lines]

Bibliographic Details
Main Creator:	Forbes, Ernest, 1879-1962
In collection:	Shemus Cartoon Collection
Format:	Prints & Drawings
Language:	English
Published / Created:	10th February 1922.
Subjects:	De Valera, Éamon, > 1882-1975 Childers, Erskine, > 1870-1922 Freeman's Journal (Dublin, Ireland) Caricatures and cartoons > Ireland > Periodicals Ireland > Politics and government > 1920-1930 Ink drawings > Irish > 1920-1930 Cartoons (Commentary) > Irish > 1920-1930 Crayon drawings > Irish > 1920-1930
Notes:	Shemus was a pseudonym used by Ernest Forbes. Date in pencil on verso. Unpublished title is handwritten above image and reads: The autocrats. Depicts Éamon De Valera and Erskine Childers. De Valera is wearing a King's robe. Caption reads: Childers: "That's fine. They fit you as well as ever, all but the cap, but that can't be helped. Now, don't forget to say it exactly as I told you." Published in: The Freeman's Journal, 10th February 1922. Terror and discord: the Shemus cartoons in the Freeman's Journal, 1920-1924 by Felix M. Larkin. Dublin: A&A Farmar, 2009. Physical description: 1 drawing : ink and crayon, col ; 26 x 26 cm. more
Contained in:	Forms part of: The Shemus Cartoon Collection.

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