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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D5459/1/93/28 |
| Former Reference | D5459/1/154 |
| Title | The Empress Josephine and the Queen of Spain : or Royal Politeness |
| Date | [1800-1809] |
| Description | Josephine, a large woman wearing a crown and holding a sceptre, berates the Queen of Spain:
"How dare you come before our presence did you not acknowledge yourself to be a woman of a certain description - how can you talk to a woman of my virtue - you said your husband was a cuckold and your children all Bastards - O fie for shame."
Queen of Spain, on the right, holds out her arms, and bowing slightly replies:
"Madam on the word of a queen - it is all fudge." 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 | This is an ironic attack on the honour of the two women, as it was widely known that the Queen María Luisa of Spain (1748-1819) had been unfaithful to her husband with the chief minister Manuel Godoy and Josephine (1763-1814) was known to be unfaithful to Napoleon. The drawing dates from after Napoleon made himself Emperor in 1804. |
| Physical Description | Pencil drawing with text in ink. Size 343 x 263 mm. |
| Copies | A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office. |
| Related Material | For more on Spain see D5459/1/93/15 etc. |
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