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D5459 - George Murgatroyd Woodward (1767-1809), cartoonist - [c1780]-1840
- 1 - Drawings - [c1780]-1809
  - 93 - [Pencil Drawings 1800-1809] - [1800-1809]

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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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