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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D5459/1/93/35
Former ReferenceD5459/1/170
TitleThe Match Woman : or The Hardness of the Times!!
Date[1800-1809]
DescriptionA young woman, wearing a mob cap, takes a bundle of matches from an old match woman and says:
"You sell your matches very dear. I us'd to have three such bundles for a halfpenny."
The match woman, who is old and wrinkled, and carries a basket over her arm, replies:
Ah, that was before the Scarcity - 'tis all owing to the War my dear. - Timber - is scarcely to be got for love or money!! Available on CD 158.
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
ArtistWoodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809)
Archive CreatorGeorge Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer
Further InformationThe date is based on the similarity in style to other pencil drawings of this period.
Physical DescriptionPencil drawing with text in ink. Size 350 x 269 mm. Portrait.
CopiesA digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
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