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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D5459/3/30 |
| Former Reference | D5459/2/45 |
| Title | Setting Out for Margate |
| Date | [12 Aug 1812] |
| Description | In the middle sits a large cit's wife, fanning herself. On the left is her husband, and on the right is her footman. Her husband, two geese hanging out of his pocket, complains:
"Why my dove, I am loaded with provisions like a tilt cart on a fair day - and my pockets stick out as if I was just returned from a City Feast". His wife replies:
"Don't be so wulgar Mr Dripping - you are now going among genteel folks, and must behave yourself - We shall want all the Wickalls on the Woyage - depend upon it - bless me how varm it is, I am all over in a muck." On the right the footman announces:
"An please your Master and Missis, the sailor man has sent word as how the Wessel is ready to swim".
Available on CD 165. |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Artist | Woodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809) |
| Archive Creator | George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer |
| Further Information | 166
Woodward Del : Rowlandson Scul
London Aug 12th 18[12] by Thos Tegg No 111 Cheapside
London cits (merchants etc) customarily holidayed in Margate. Note the distinctive pronunciation of the 'v' as 'w'.
Date according to BM Sat 11968 |
| Physical Description | Hand-coloured print. Size 420 x 250 mm. |
| Copies | A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office. |
| Publication Note | BM Sat 11968 |
| Term | Sailors |
| Image | 
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