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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D5459/2/21 |
| Former Reference | D5459/3/71 |
| Title | Lieut. Bowling pleading the cause of young Rory to his Grandfather |
| Date | 12 May 1800 |
| Description | An interior scene. On the left stands the naval officer Lieutenant Tom Bowling. One hand is in his breeches pocket and he has a large stick under his arm. With his other arm he gestures to his young nephew, Roderick Random. Bowling is addressing the boy's grandfather. He is seated in a large wheelchair and has one swollen gouty leg resting on a pile of cushions and his hands inside a muff. Around his chair stand various relations: a young man looking at Bowling and Random through a quizzing glass, an old woman in a mobcap, and three young women. On the walls are two portraits of ancestors and a large mirror. Available on CD 160. |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Artist | Woodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809) |
| Engraver: Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827) |
| Archive Creator | George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer |
| Further Information | Plate 1
Title continues:
Vide, Roderick Random, vol 1, chap. III.
G.M.Woodward.Delin. : Rowlandson. sculpt.
Publish'd as the Act directs May 12, 1800 at R Ackermanns 'Repository of Arts', 101 Strand.
'Roderick Random', by Tobias Smollett, was first published in 1748. The complete series of prints is held at the Lewis Walpole Library, Walpole 800.5.12.4 - 800.5.12.9. |
| Physical Description | Uncoloured print. Size 340 x 275 mm. |
| Copies | A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office. |
| Related Material | See subseries D5459/1/101 for Woodward's drawings for Smollett's 'The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves'. |
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