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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D5459/1/93/41 |
| Former Reference | D5459/1/160 |
| Title | Wet Parsons!! |
| Date | [1800-1809] |
| Description | Three parsons wearing bob wigs sit round a table upon which are glasses and bottles. They are drinking and smoking pipes. The first says:
"I say Bretheren - we are pretty fellows to preach against tippling", another replies:
"Tippling you call it, do you? Now I call it d----d hard drinking!!!" There are bottles strewn on the floor and a dog sleeps under a chair on the right.
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 | The drawing was engraved by Thomas Rowlandson. |
| Physical Description | Pencil drawing with text in ink. Size 358 x 292 mm. |
| Copies | A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office. |
| Related Material | See D5459/2/45 for the printed version. |
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