Terms and conditions of use
Circumstances alter cases
1882
study for cartoon for Punch magazine
- 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
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 –
Presented by the Joint Trustees of the Late G. du Maurier, 1931
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest