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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D5459/1/78 |
| Former Reference | D5459/1/41 |
| Title | Sociability |
| Date | [1780-1799] |
| Description | Three men seated around a table in various degrees of drunkenness. On the left a man, wearing slippers, red breeches and red and brown morning coat and red cap, sits back in his chair. In his right hand he holds a long pipe, which he is smoking contentedly, and in the left hand, which is resting on the table is a glass. A candle burns by his arm. The second man sits to the right of the table with his legs crossed and his right elbow resting on the table. A punch-bowl and glass sit near his arm. He is wearing a green-grey coat, black breeches and a wig and he is smoking a pipe. The third man sits slightly in front of the second with his legs outstretched, his eyes closed and his hands resting on his stomach. He wears brown breeches and jacket and is bald. Next to his chair a dog lies asleep on the floor. 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 | Beneath the drawing is written:
"One fast asleep with morpheus snores | The other o'er his full pipe pores | The third quite drunk for sleep is ripe | Shuts both his eyes and droops his pipe" |
| Physical Description | Coloured drawing. Size 194 x 167 mm. |
| Copies | A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office. |
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