Terms and conditions of use
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
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
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Humour and Satire Interiors
Subjects (specific)
caricatures cartoons (humorous images) cross-hatching customs (social concepts) full-length figures human behaviour social classes