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Frank Blackwell Mayer

Nemesis – Guilt

1888

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Nemesis – Guilt

Frank Blackwell Mayer

Nemesis – Guilt

Frank Blackwell Mayer

Nemesis – Guilt

1888

Physical Qualities Graphite, Sheet: 217 × 122 mm. (8 9/16 × 4 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. John Sylvester, Augusta, Georgia
Object Number 1936.275
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PRINTS, DRAWINGS & PHOTOGRAPHS
THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
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The Nineteenth Century
n.d.
TILL EULENSPIEGEL
Paul Edme Le Rat and Frank Blackwell Mayer
Till Eulenspiegel
n.d.
NEMESIS (THE LARGE FORTUNE)
Albrecht Dürer
Nemesis (The Large Fortune)
c. 1502
INITIATION OF A FREEMASON. WE KNOW FROM RELIABLE SOURCES THAT YOU ARE ONLY AMONG US TO REVEAL OUR SECRETS TO OUTSIDERS.... YOUR GUILTFUL PROJECTS WILL BE THWARTED...... I HAVE RECEIVED ORDER TO DRIVE THIS DAGGER INTO YOUR CHEST!
Honoré Daumier
Initiation of a freemason. We know from reliable sources that you are only among us to reveal our secrets to outsiders.... your guiltful projects will be thwarted...... I have received order to drive this dagger into your chest!
1846
The Nineteenth Century
Frank Blackwell Mayer
The Nineteenth Century
1868
ROBERT MACAIRE BEFORE HIS JUDGES. VERY WELL! YES, GENTLEMEN, I WAS RATHER UNFORTUNATE AT THE ASSIZE COURT... BUT MISFORTUNE IS ALWAYS RESPECTABLE!... MOREOVER, IT’S TRUE WHAT HAS BEEN SAID, I'VE A HABIT OF SUBTRACTING MONEY, IT'S EASIER TO EXCUSE ME THAN SOMEONE ELSE BECAUSE IT'S HARDER FOR ME TO RESIST MY WEAKNESS... AS FOR THE REST, I AM ACCUSED OF SELLING LEAD FOR GOLD? TWENTY WITNESSES SWEAR TO IT. VERY WELL! I DENY IT FORTY TIMES AND SINCE T
Honoré Daumier
Robert Macaire before his judges. Very well! Yes, gentlemen, I was rather unfortunate at the Assize Court... but misfortune is always respectable!... moreover, it’s true what has been said, I've a habit of subtracting money, it's easier to excuse me than someone else because it's harder for me to resist my weakness... as for the rest, I am accused of selling lead for gold? Twenty witnesses swear to it. Very well! I deny it forty times and since two denials are worth an avowal it's clear that you cannot find me guilty. (after this brilliant improvisation Robert Macaire is condemned with a maximum sentence).
1837
Sketchbook No. 73
Frank Blackwell Mayer
Sketchbook No. 73
1852-1853
Sketchbook No. 72
Frank Blackwell Mayer
Sketchbook No. 72
1854, with loose drawings dated as early 1851
Sketchbook No. 70
Frank Blackwell Mayer
Sketchbook No. 70
n.d.
Sketchbook No. 69
Frank Blackwell Mayer
Sketchbook No. 69
1861