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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D5459/4/37
Former ReferenceD5459/2/14
TitleThe Hopes of the Family, or Miss Marrowfat at Home for the Holidays
Date[1813]
DescriptionA young woman sits by the fire, singing and playing the lute, to the delight of her very fat mother. In the background her father, Deputy Marrowfat, is working at the family butchers', chopping meat for an old woman. Joints of meat hang from the rafters.
Available on CD 167.
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
ArtistRowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827)
Archive CreatorGeorge Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer
Further InformationRowlandson Del

London Pubd by Thos Tegg No 111 Cheapside

Date based on Grego ii 167/267
Physical DescriptionHand-coloured print. Size 406 x 270 mm.
CopiesA digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
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