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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D5459/2/37/5 |
| Former Reference | D5459/2/120 |
| Title | A Sudden Emotion |
| Date | 1 Jan 1804 |
| Description | A scene in a lawyer's office. There is a sloping desk and stool, and around the room are bookshelves, bundles of papers and notices posted on the wall. On the left a young clerk, a quill in his hand, is crouching with his arms outstretched, looking up at a shocked older man. Behind the older man stand a strong-looking maid with a bucket of water and a surprised older woman wearing glasses.
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| Extent | 1 item |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Artist | Woodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809) |
| Engraver: [Williams] |
| Archive Creator | George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer |
| Further Information | G M Woodward del
Specimens of Dramatic Phrensy : Plate 1.
Pubd Januy 1st 1804 by SW Fores No 50 Piccadilly corner of Sackville Street
Verse reads:
"Dramatic Phrensy, to no place confind | At freedom roves, and occupies the Mind, | The Lawyers Clerk, Old Square-toes will to cross, | Who spouts Lothario when he should engross
All on a sudden from his writing stoops | 'My fierce ambitious soul declining droops' | His simple Master by - cries "whats the matter? | Tom's in a fit here - Betty bring some water!"
The clerk quotes lines spoken by Lothario in the 'Fair Penitent' by Rowe. |
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| Format | Artwork |
| Physical Description | Hand-coloured print. Size 405 x 315 mm. |
| Copies | A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office. |
| Related Material | BM Sat 10328 |
| Term | Caricatures |
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| Acknowledgements | This list was added to the online catalogue as part of the FindersKeepers project, with the help of Elissa Rowe. |