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As I Leave Shall I Return
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As I Leave Shall I Return

Date2013
MediumColor aquatint and softground etching
DimensionsSheet (trimmed within platemark): 813 x 584 mm. (32 x 23 in.)
Credit LinePurchased as the gift of Elizabeth Stevens; and Print, Drawing & Photograph Society Fund, with proceeds derived from the 2015 Contemporary Print Fair
Object number2015.97
NOT ON VIEW
Last Updated1/11/24
Image Not Available for Monsieur, now that the merger has been effected, I shall return the shares to you.... I will take over all the administrative costs... I'll just keep 2% for the liquidation, plus 4% for changing the cash, plus.... - Monsieur is just too generous!
Monsieur, now that the merger has been effected, I shall return the shares to you.... I will take over all the administrative costs... I'll just keep 2% for the liquidation, plus 4% for changing the cash, plus.... - Monsieur is just too generous!
1846
Image Not Available for A Mutiny. - You rascal! as a punishment, I shall double your home work! - What do you mean home work.... under a dictatorial regime there is only one kind of duty : Revolution!
A Mutiny. - You rascal! as a punishment, I shall double your home work! - What do you mean home work.... under a dictatorial regime there is only one kind of duty : Revolution!
1845
Image Not Available for Goodbye Flora, my dear... don't forget to send two copies of your frothy little pieces to the newspaper office... and I shall whip them up in my article.
Goodbye Flora, my dear... don't forget to send two copies of your frothy little pieces to the newspaper office... and I shall whip them up in my article.
1844
Image Not Available for Mr. Prudhomme: - Obnoxious waves.... don't you know whom you are carrying in this moment?... oh audacious... know I shall, like Xerxes, whip you terribly. Mme Prudhomme: (shivering of fear) - Pray, my dear friend, do not offend the sea any longer... you might wake its fury and it might devour us completely!
Mr. Prudhomme: - Obnoxious waves.... don't you know whom you are carrying in this moment?... oh audacious... know I shall, like Xerxes, whip you terribly. Mme Prudhomme: (shivering of fear) - Pray, my dear friend, do not offend the sea any longer... you might wake its fury and it might devour us completely!
1859
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Image Not Available for The other day, I pulled off another smart trick... I had set up a firm with a capital of ten million francs to exploit top boots in cardboard ... I had placed only eight shares worth a petty 1200 francs... I called together my eight shareholders and held forth in something like the following manner: "Ah! Good-day ye strolling gentlemen, how handsome you are, how fine you seem!" I promised them more cheese than bread, I gave them a 50% dividend, I warmed them up a bit and let them simmer... The following day they couldn't get hold of my shares fast enough, I placed all of them and at the next meeting I said: "The last time I did the books I made a mistake. I forgot to take into account the price of the cardboard and its fabrication. You must return the dividend I gave you, I'm going to hold it back... I put down nothing and kept back the r
The other day, I pulled off another smart trick... I had set up a firm with a capital of ten million francs to exploit top boots in cardboard ... I had placed only eight shares worth a petty 1200 francs... I called together my eight shareholders and held forth in something like the following manner: "Ah! Good-day ye strolling gentlemen, how handsome you are, how fine you seem!" I promised them more cheese than bread, I gave them a 50% dividend, I warmed them up a bit and let them simmer... The following day they couldn't get hold of my shares fast enough, I placed all of them and at the next meeting I said: "The last time I did the books I made a mistake. I forgot to take into account the price of the cardboard and its fabrication. You must return the dividend I gave you, I'm going to hold it back... I put down nothing and kept back the r
1838
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Image Not Available for Yes my uncle, my virtuous uncle, I was a spendthrift, gambler, seducer, I had many faults, in a word I was frivolous... but you're ill, very ill, the doctors have abandoned you... I've come to aid you, to fall at your feet, I'll swear... anything you like... I'll only leave you at death, my kind uncle, my so excellent uncle! Let's embrace and put an end to it. (Macaire, sole inheritor, has his dear uncle thrown into a common pit).
Yes my uncle, my virtuous uncle, I was a spendthrift, gambler, seducer, I had many faults, in a word I was frivolous... but you're ill, very ill, the doctors have abandoned you... I've come to aid you, to fall at your feet, I'll swear... anything you like... I'll only leave you at death, my kind uncle, my so excellent uncle! Let's embrace and put an end to it. (Macaire, sole inheritor, has his dear uncle thrown into a common pit).
1837
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"Honest Iago, My Desdemona must I leave to thee..." (Act I, Scene III) from "Othello"
1844
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"Honest Iago, My Desdemona must I leave to thee..." (Act I, Scene III) from "Othello"
1844