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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D5459/4/41 |
| Former Reference | D5459/2/38 |
| Title | The Learned A--S, or a Legal Construction of Rogues and Vagrants |
| Date | 8 Jun 1817 |
| Description | Two lawyers fight each other with umbrellas. On the right is a constable, with his crowned stick. Above the lawyers are the lines: 'Full often we're told and true it may be | That two of a trade can never agree'.
Available on CD 167. |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Artist | Woodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809) |
| Archive Creator | George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer |
| Further Information | 191
Pubd June 8 1817 by Thos Tegg 111 Cheapside
According to BM Sat 12916 the scene refers to a fight between two lawyers, Adolphus and Andrews. They had been working together on a Police Act on Vagrants or Rogues and Vagabonds, but on the way out a comment made by Adolphus led Andrews to attack him. |
| Physical Description | Hand-coloured print. Size 420 x 270 mm. |
| Copies | A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office. |
| Publication Note | BM Sat 12916 |
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