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D5459 - George Murgatroyd Woodward (1767-1809), cartoonist - [c1780]-1840
1 - Drawings - [c1780]-1809
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D5459/1/67
Former Reference
D5459/1/195
Title
The Distress'd Curate
Date
[1780-1799]
Description
An interior scene. A fat parson, wearing a bob-wig sits, in profile, listening to the thin curate plead his case. Available on CD 158.
Level
Item
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Artist
Woodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809)
Archive Creator
George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer
Further Information
Underneath the drawing is written:
"The parson fat with tithes in kind | Is not to charity inclin'd
Poor curate pleads his wants in vain | With empty purse returns again."
Physical Description
Coloured drawing. Size 308 x 234 mm.
Copies
A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
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