Holdings: "Even the Gods nod" [graphic] /

Bibliographic Details
Main Creator:	Brewster, Gordon, artist.
Summary:	Caricatures of several Irish doctors amongst them Oliver St. John Gogarty, who was also a member of Seanad Éireann from 1922 to 1936 (indicated by the sign that says 'Leinster House'). A swan is depicted at his side in this illustration - following a celebratory lunch in the Shelbourne Hotel, [accompanied by his wife, W.B. Yeats and W.T. Cosgrave amongst others], he famously released two swans into the River Liffey at the Trinity College Boat Club, Islandbridge on 24 March 1924 as a gesture of gratitude for the river having saved his life the previous year when on 20 January 1923 he escaped his captors [and probably murder] by jumping into the Liffey. A current swept him downstream and to the opposite river bank.
In collection:	Gordon Brewster Cartoon Collection
Format:	Prints & Drawings
Language:	English
Published / Created:	'35.
Subjects:	Gogarty, Oliver St. John, > 1878-1957 Doctors > Ireland > 20th century Physicians > Ireland Physicians > Humor Cartoons (Commentary) > Irish > 1930-1940. Ink drawings > Irish > 1930-1940.
Notes:	Title inscribed in pencil l.c.. Physical description: 1 drawing : ink ; 26.3 x 36 cm. Citations/References: Published in: Evening Herald, 1935. more

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