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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D5459/3/20/1
Former ReferenceD5459/2/22
Title[Getting up early in a cold and gloomy morning ... ]
Date[9 Oct 1807]
DescriptionA man comes downstairs to find the maid still cleaning the room.
Available on CD 164.
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
ArtistWoodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809)
Engraver: Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827)
Archive CreatorGeorge Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer
Further Information257

MISERIES OF HUMAN LIFE

Woodward Del : Rowlandson Scul

by Thos Tegg No 11 Cheapside Price One Shilling Cold

Text reads:
'Getting up in a cold gloomy morning, and on running down in to the breakfast room for warmth and comfort finding chairs, table, shovel, tongue, poker and fender huddled in to the middle of the room, carpet tossed back - floor newly washed - windows wide open - bees wax brush and rubber in one corner - brooms mops and pails in another - and a dingy Drab on her knees before an empty grate.'

Title is taken from text beneath the image.
Date based on Walpole 807.10.9.1.
Physical DescriptionHand-coloured print. Size 420 x 270 mm.
CopiesA digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
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[Getting up early in a cold and gloomy morning ... ]

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