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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D5459/3/21 |
| Title | The Old Woman's Complaint, or the Greek Alphabet |
| Date | [15 Jan 1809] |
| Description | An old woman complains to a teacher about the behaviour of his pupils. He asks:
"Good Woman you are always making complaints against my Scholars, what have they done to offend you now?" She replies:
"Please your Honors Worship - they followed me up and down and said to one and other - At her - beat her - damn her - pelt her -and a great deal more that I do not recollect". One of four boys standing in a group behind the old woman replies:
"Indeed sir we were only repeating our Greek Alphabet, in order to get quite perfect - what the old woman heard was only Alpha - Beta - Gamma - Delta and so on to the conclusion." |
| Extent | 2 prints |
| Level | SubSeries |
| 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 | Woodward Delin : Rowlandson Sc
London Published by Thos Tegg No 111 Cheapside
Date based on Walpole 809.1.15.2 |
| Publication Note | BM Sat 11460 |