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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D5459/3/20/3 |
| Former Reference | D5459/2/33 |
| Title | [Briskly stooping to pick up a ladys fan ... ] |
| Date | [1 Mar 1808] |
| Description | An interior scene, with people socialising. Three men collide whilst bending over trying to pick up a fan, while a fourth passes a fan to an attractive young woman.
Available on CD 164. |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Artist | Woodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809) |
| Engraver: Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827) |
| Archive Creator | George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer |
| Further Information | 222
MISIRIES OF HIGH LIFE
Woodward delin : Rowlandson scul
Pubd by Thos Tegg 111 Cheapside
Price One shillg col'd
The text below the image reads:
'Briskly stooping to pick up a ladys fan at the same moment when two other gentlemen are doing the same and so making a cannon with your head against both of theirs and this without being the happy man after all. Misiries of Human Life'
Title is taken from text beneath image.
Date based on Walpole 808.3.1.1.2. |
| Physical Description | Hand-coloured print. Size 420 x 270 mm. |
| Copies | A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office. |
| Publication Note | BM Sat 11107 |
| Image | ![[Briskly stooping to pick up a ladys fan ... ]](GetImage.ashx?db=Catalog&fname=D5459-3-20-3.jpg&type=RecordThumbnail)
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