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The Reign of Justice
SULLIVAN, Edmund Joseph (1869 - 1933)
The Reign of Justice - Edmund J. Sullivan
Date: 1917
Media: lithograph on paper
Acquired: 1919; Presented by Ministry of Information
Accession Number: NMW A 13164
Collection: The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals
Justice, a young woman, holds the scales up to a crowd of people representing the world’s different races. Prominent is a scarlet-robed British judge. At Justice’s feet, playing happily and unconcerned, are two babies, personifying hope for the future.
The painter, etcher and illustrator Edmund Sullivan was born in London, and studied art under his father in Hastings. He then joined the staff of the Graphic, and subsequently worked as an illustrator for the Daily Graphic and the Pall Mall Budget magazines. He went on to achieve a highly successful career illustrating books.