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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D5459/1/101/4 |
| Former Reference | D5459/1/71 |
| Title | [Chapter XXII In which Captain Crowe is sublimed into the Regions of Astrology] |
| Date | [c1780-1809] |
| Description | On the left Captain Crowe, wearing a blue coat and with his hat under his arm, stands terrified while a magician sits a table on the right consulting a large book. Available on CD 159. |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Artist | Woodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809) |
| Archive Creator | George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer |
| Further Information | The astrologer's room is described thus:
"He saw divers skeletons hung by the head, the stuffed skin of a young alligator, a calf with two heads, and several snakes suspended from the ceiling, with the jaws of a shark, and a starved weasel. On another funeral table he beheld two spheres, between which lay a book open, exhibiting outlandish characters, and mathematical diagrams. On one side stood an ink-stand with paper; and behind this desk appeared the conjurer himself, in sable vestments, his head so overshadowed with hair, that, far from contemplating his features, Timothy could distinguish nothing but a long white beard, which, for aught he knew, might have belonged to a four-legged goat, as well as to a two-legged astrologer." |
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| Physical Description | Coloured drawing. Size 146 x 92 mm. |
| Copies | A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office. |
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