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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D5459/2/10 |
| Former Reference | D5459/3/37 |
| Title | An Industrious Man |
| Date | 6 Jan 1798 |
| Description | On the right, a drunk and dishevelled-looking man wearing a cocked hat and tie-wig, stands with one hand in his pocket, the other out-stretched and says:
"Here I am - I hate to be idle. I have been spinning out the evening."
He addresses a stout, well-dressed man on the left, standing with his hands behind his back, who replies:
"So I perceive - and now you are Reeling it home".
Available on CD 160. |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Artist | Woodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809) |
| Engraver: Cruikshank, Isaac (1756-1811) |
| Archive Creator | George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer |
| Further Information | Woodward del : Cruikshank s
London pubd by S W Fores No 50 Piccadilly. Janry.6.1798.
NB Folios of Caricatures Lent |
| Physical Description | Uncoloured print. Size 334 x 237 mm. Portrait. |
| Copies | A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office. |
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