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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D5459/1/100/2 |
| Former Reference | D5459/1/66 |
| Title | A Military Caricature |
| Date | [c1780-1809] |
| Description | On the right stands a short and very fat man in military uniform. On his head he wears a hat with a feather plume. In his right hand he holds a cane, and in his left a caricature depicting him entitled 'One of the Light Infantry'. On the right is a tall thin woman in a blue and white striped dress, mobcap and apron.
The volunteer says::
"By Mars the God of War - they have got me in the Print Shops - is this my reward for marching a matter of five miles a day! And being wet through on permanent duty at the Wapping Docks! - Blood and Thunder! - have they no fear of a Court Martial!!"
The woman replies:
"They have serv'd you very right Mr Figg - why did you undertake what you was not fit for - A pretty figure you are for one of the Light Infantry - you had much better have looked after the shop - if it had not been for me the trade would have gone to ruin - it is astonishing the customers we have lost since you took it in your head to go in the army."
Available on CD 159. |
| 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 Delin.
'Military' in the title is lightly crossed out in ink, and 'Plate 5' is written next to it. |
| Physical Description | Coloured drawing. Size 272 x 232mm. Portrait. |
| Copies | A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office. |
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