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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D5459/1/6 |
| Former Reference | D5459/1/98 |
| Title | Soup Shop Politicians |
| Date | 30 Aug 1783 |
| Description | A scene in a soup shop. A banner across the top reads:
'Portable Soup for Home Consumption'
There a people seated in booths around the room. Seated on a bench on the left is a man reading a newspaper, whilst another man, wearing a brown coat and black hat and standing up looks towards a hatch on the right with the sign 'Coffee, Tea, Chocolate' across the top and two women inside, one large and old, the other, younger woman is talking to a man in military dress.
In the foreground are two men in bag-wigs conversing, and a man holding a crutch, whose foot is being stepped on by one of two waiters carrying soup tureens. Available on CD 157. |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Artist | Woodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809) |
| Archive Creator | George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer |
| Further Information | G M W Delin : August 30th 1783 |
| Physical Description | Coloured drawing. Size 283 x 231 mm. |
| Copies | A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office. |
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