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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D5459/2/45 |
| Former Reference | D5459/3/92 |
| Title | Wet Parsons |
| Date | Jan 1807 |
| Description | Three parsons wearing bob wigs sit round a table upon which are glasses, bottles and a punch-bowl. They are drinking and smoking pipes. The first says: "I say Brothers - 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 under a chair on the right.
Available on CD 163. |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Artist | Woodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809) |
| Engraver: Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827) |
| Archive Creator | George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer |
| Further Information | Woodward Delt
Published Jany 1807 No 1 James Street
The address is that of Rowlandson's at the Adelphi. |
| Physical Description | Hand-coloured print. Size 330 x 230 mm. |
| Copies | A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office. |
| Related Material | See D5459/1/93/41 for the drawing of this image. |
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