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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D5459/2/71 |
| Former Reference | D5459/2/83 |
| Title | Practical Education |
| Date | Apr 1810 |
| Description | Six pairs of figures, arranged in two rows. They depict people asking professionals for advice. Top row, from left to right:
A young man asks a Scot for help with elocution. The text is damaged here, but in a copy at the Philadelphia Museum of Art it reads: "You mun know Sir I have an idera of being made a member of Parlymint, so I wants to larn a little Horatry".
A young boy in military uniform and a giant cocked hat asks a soldier for help before taking command of a company.
A vicar gives advice to a new vicar on what to wear in the pulpit.
Bottom row, left to right:
An Irish lawyer offers advice to a young man soon to be called to the bar.
A London doctor offers help to a country apothecary.
A yokel informs a sophisticated man that he would like to be a butcher, or "somat genteel".
Available on CD 163. |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Artist | Woodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809) |
| Archive Creator | George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer |
| Further Information | TEGG'S CARICATURES No 5
Woodward delt
Pubd April 1810 by Ts Tegg 111 Cheapside
Dialogue in image not transcribed. |
| Physical Description | Hand-coloured print. Size 415 x 251 mm. |
| Copies | A copy is held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, https://www.philamuseum.org/collection/object/190124 |
| Publication Note | BM Sat 11617 |
| Image | 
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| Archivist Note | Amended to include text from damaged section. Mark Smith, Corporate Records Manager, 4 Apr 2022. |