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"I see plainly that you, like your brothers, think only of self.": P.1067-1991

Current Location: In storage

Titles

"I see plainly that you, like your brothers, think only of self."

Maker(s)

Designer: Du Maurier, George Louis Palmella Busson
Printmaker: Swain, Joseph

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

Production date: AD 1864-12

Note

Cut from The Sunday Magazine, December 1864, illustration to "Every one for himself", p. 200.

Letterpress on verso

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Image Height 114 mm Width 138 mm
Sheet Height 127 mm Width 152 mm

Techniques used in production

Wood engraving

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: SWAIN
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: "I see plainly that you, like your brothers, think only of self."
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1067-1991
Primary reference Number: 23696

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 2 March 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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