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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.	D5459/2/59
Former Reference	D5459/3/17
Title	An Heir at Law!!
Date	Mar 1808
Description	A man discusses his wife with his brother-in-law. The man, who is thin and drawn, wearing a dressing gown, slippers, and night cap, sits at the table, his hands resting on a copy of Aristotle. Next to him is his wife, with an expression of displeasure on her face. Sitting opposite the man, on the far right, is his brother-in-law. He is stocky, and unsophisticated. The man says: "Well Brother in Law, for so I must call you now, I am happy to see you in town, your sister here was an excellent Housekeeper and I have made her my wife, but the worst of it is, some how or other we cannot get us any children, and I must own I should like an Heir to my Estate". The brother-in-law replies: "Why Nan - Nan - how is this - thee use'd to manage better than this in the country why please your ould Honor - she had two chopping boys at a time by our Neighbour Farmer Stubble - and I knows him so well - that I'm sure he would let you have on of 'em for merely axing!!" Behind the old man stands a smirking footman. 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 delint Pubd March 1808 by SW Fores No 50 Piccadilly
Physical Description	Hand-coloured print. Size 360 x 260 mm.
Copies	A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
Publication Note	BM Sat 11120
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