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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.	D5459/2/39
Former Reference	D5459/3/40
Title	Jack Junks Opinion of the French Language
Date	Aug 1805
Description	Two sailors sit on upturned tubs, either side of a low table. Both are wearing the sailor's outfit of long trousers, a cropped jacket and a round hat, and both are smoking a pipe and have a tankard of beer. The sailor on the left asks: "Why Jack! You was so long in a French Prison, I suppose you larnt to patter their Lingo a little?" The sailor on the right replies: "No Bob, I never some how fancied it, they call things out of their names so d--nably, - why would you believe it. They call a Horse a Shovel and a Hat a Chopper!!" Available on CD 163.
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Artist	Woodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809)
Archive Creator	George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer
Further Information	Woodward delt Pubd August 1805 by SW Fores 50 Piccadilly According to BM Sat 10489, Jack Junk is the sailor in 'The Birthday', by T. Dibdin, first perfomed at Covent Garden in 1799.
Physical Description	Uncoloured print. Size 348 x 245 mm.
Copies	A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
Publication Note	BM Sat 10489
Term	Sailors
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