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Title:
Human Nature (good review)
Object name(s):
pen and ink; drawing
Brief description:
Drawing, 'Human Nature (good review)' by G. Du Maurier, pen and ink on paper, undated; 25.5 cm x 18.2 cm; inscription bottom recto 'Keep the 3 figures of a size (no 2 to stands a little shorter beca / to make them fill the paper properly. end (?) At 1 / .... The inscription is completed on the next figure because he is weeping / cut off as wanted / at 1 / tomorrow (Monday)'
Collection:
Norfolk Museums
Acquisition date:
1935
Acquisition method:
gift
Associated concept:
fine art
Associated concept:
drawings
Content - concept:
cartoon
Content - description:
Human nature, good review, one of 3 sketches for Punch cartoon of Feb 6th 1892 (with 1935.17.6 and 7)
Current location:
Not on display - In store
Dimension:
height
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
25.5
Dimension:
width
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
18.2
Inscription content:
Keep the 3 figures of a size (no 2 to stands a little shorter beca / to make them fill the paper properly. end (?) At 1 / .... The inscription is completed on the next figure because he is weeping / cut off as wanted / at 1 / tomorrow (Monday)
Inscription position:
lower edge
Inscription type:
inscribed
Object component name:
support
Object component information:
paper
Object name:
pen and ink; drawing
Object number:
NWHCM : 1935.17.5
Object production person:
Du Maurier, George
Person's association:
artist
Person's birth date:
1831
Person's death date:
1896
Other number:
17.935
Other number type:
assigned number
Reproduction format:
jpeg
Reproduction type:
image
Responsible department/section:
Art-Fine Art

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/eeac05e8-85bb-3b17-a938-56fc6ea2444b

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/eeac05e8-85bb-3b17-a938-56fc6ea2444b, Norfolk Museums, CC BY-NC

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