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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D5459/4/20 |
| Former Reference | D5459/2/7 |
| Title | The Wooden Leg or Careful Landlady |
| Date | 10 May 1809 |
| Description | Two men in bed in a boarding house. In the centre the landlady, a candle in one hand, kneels on the floor and grabs the wooden leg of one of the men, saying:
"There is nothing like looking after servants. I always like to see that my lodgers are comfortable. Aye here's a pretty careless trick, the warming pan left in the gentleman's bed I declare."
The man in question, a sailor, complains:
"Hello - Avast heaving Lounds dont pull of my timber - I went to bed half seas over - and forgot to stow it along side the hammock,"
Available on CD 166. |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Artist | Engraver: Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827) |
| Engraver: Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827) |
| Archive Creator | George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer |
| Further Information | 300
Thos Tegg 111 Cheapside
Date and attribution based on Walpole 809.5.10.1.1. BM Sat 11466 tentatively attributes the design to Woodward. |
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| Physical Description | Hand-coloured print. Size 415 x 270 mm. |
| Copies | A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office. |
| Publication Note | BM Sat 11466 |
| Term | Sailors |
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