Are you a Bromide or a Sulphite? [graphic] : [with a portrait bearing name Paul Swan] / drawn by Gellett Burgess. 1917.

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Are you a Bromide or a Sulphite? [graphic] : [with a portrait bearing name Paul Swan] / drawn by Gellett Burgess. 1917.

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A stout, childlike human form represents a "Bromide", and a figure with flowing arms on horseback represents a "Sulphite". On verso is a profile sketch of a young man, bearing the name Paul Swan--17. Swan may be the artist or the subject.

2 drawings (on 1 sheet) : ink on paper ; sheet 28 x 38 cm.

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Burgess, Gelett, 1866-1951

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American author and humorist Gelett Burgess (1866-1951) was educated as an engineer and worked briefly for a railroad. He taught topographical drawing between 1891 and 1894 at the University of California, Berkeley until he lost his position after deliberately toppling a campus statue he found to be an eyesore. Burgess founded the Lark, a humour magazine based in San Francisco, published from 1895 to 1897. Burgess created nonsense rhymes and cartoons such as "The Purple Cow: Reflections on a Myt...