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D5459 - George Murgatroyd Woodward (1767-1809), cartoonist - [c1780]-1840
2 - Prints by Woodward (Dated) - 1785-1812
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D5459/2/30
Former Reference
D5459/3/68
Title
A Friendly Accommodation
Date
25 Feb 1802
Description
A fat, ugly man discusses his beautiful wife with a young captain. The man, wearing a bob-wig, sits in a chair and facing the captain on the left, takes his hand and says:
"Ah my Dear Captain, you are a clever fellow, indeed you are - you play so well upon the French Horn - Do you remember the latter part of the Duet in the New Opera of the Cabinet? after praising the blessings of a Friend and Wife it concludes thus "With a friend and a wife, First Blessings of Life, What on earth can our envied conditions amend? Should sweet offspring be ours, Grant this, Oh ye powers, Be the girls like my wife and the boys like my friend."
Behind the man, on the far right, sits his beautiful wife, wearing a low-cut empire-line dress and gold jewellery. Behind her chair are a 'cello, french horn and tambourine. The captain, sitting on the left, with one hand on his heart, replies:
"O a charming idea - and you may depend upon it my dear friend, I shall improve upon the hint."
Available on CD 162.
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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
Woodward Del : Etched by Rowlandson
Pubd 25th Feby 1802 by R Ackermann No 101 Strand
Physical Description
Hand-coloured print. Size 360 x 280 mm.
Copies
A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
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