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Force of Habit
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Force of Habit

George Loraine Stampa (English, 1875–1951)
1895–1951
Medium/TechniquePen and India ink on board
DimensionsImage: 18.1 x 27.0 cm (7 1/8 x 10 5/8 in.)
Sheet: 26.5 x 36.2 cm (10 7/16 x 14 1/4 in.)
Credit LineBequest of John T. Spaulding
Accession number48.854
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ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsLR in ink: G. L. Stampa; below in graphite: Ex- policeman (to prisoner pouring out volumes of unintelligable German)"I warn you my lad that any think you/ say 'll be took dahn in evidence against you!"ProvenanceJohn Taylor Spaulding (1870-1948, Boston); bequest to MFA, June 3, 1948.