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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D5459/1/101/4
Former ReferenceD5459/1/71
Title[Chapter XXII In which Captain Crowe is sublimed into the Regions of Astrology]
Date[c1780-1809]
DescriptionOn the left Captain Crowe, wearing a blue coat and with his hat under his arm, stands terrified while a magician sits a table on the right consulting a large book. Available on CD 159.
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
ArtistWoodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809)
Archive CreatorGeorge Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer
Further InformationThe astrologer's room is described thus:
"He saw divers skeletons hung by the head, the stuffed skin of a young alligator, a calf with two heads, and several snakes suspended from the ceiling, with the jaws of a shark, and a starved weasel. On another funeral table he beheld two spheres, between which lay a book open, exhibiting outlandish characters, and mathematical diagrams. On one side stood an ink-stand with paper; and behind this desk appeared the conjurer himself, in sable vestments, his head so overshadowed with hair, that, far from contemplating his features, Timothy could distinguish nothing but a long white beard, which, for aught he knew, might have belonged to a four-legged goat, as well as to a two-legged astrologer."
Physical DescriptionColoured drawing. Size 146 x 92 mm.
CopiesA digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
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[Chapter XXII In which Captain Crowe is sublimed into the Regions of Astrology]

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