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Circumstances alter cases

Circumstances alter cases
1882
study for cartoon for Punch magazine

Medium
pen and ink over pencil

Measurements
13.3 × 19.4 cm irreg. (image) 25.4 × 35.6 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by the Joint Trustees of the Late G. du Maurier, 1931

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
London, England

Inscription
inscribed in pen and ink (in image) l.l.: Du Maurier
inscribed in pen and ink l.c.: Circumstance alter cases / Mrs. Mundy (wife of the Dean of St. Boniface’s College, Oxbridge): “and so you used to be at / St. Boniface’s, Dear ^ (Dear above ^ ) Lord Fullacres! How very odd that I don’t remember you at all! / Noble Lord (who succeeded his cousin): “ah, well, you see – I was only Mr Dobbs in / those days – not even Honourable!”
inscribed in pencil l.r.: 1882
inscribed in pencil u.l.-u.r.: Mrs. Mundy [wife of the Dean of St. Boniface Coll, Oxbridge] – and so you used to be at St Boniface’s, (..illeg.) (crossed out) Lord Fullacres.—How very odd that I don’t / remember you at all, / (…illeg.) of Fullacres (crossed out) – ah, you see (crossed out) who has just ^ (has just above ^ ) succeeded his uncle/ (cousin above uncle) – ah, well, you see (…illeg.) Mr. Dobbs in those days – not even Honourable!
inscribed in pencil c.l.: kept (…illeg.) (…illeg.) / 9.45 –

Accession Number
4548-3

Department
International Prints and Drawings

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