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D5459 - George Murgatroyd Woodward (1767-1809), cartoonist - [c1780]-1840
- 3 - Prints by Woodward (Undated) - [c. 1800-1815]

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D5459/3/9
Former Reference	D5459/2/27
Title	Mrs Figs Card Party Disturbed
Date	[6 Apr 1807]
Description	A party of people playing cards. A footman announces: "Master and Mistress and Gentlefolks all - I be sorry to disturb you - but it be past twelve o'clock - on Saturday night and here comes the Beadles and watchmen to take you all to the round house." Behind the foot man stand two uniformed beadles and two watchmen, one holding a lantern. On the right, the party of three men and a woman protest: "My good friends it is not yet half past eleven"; "Indeed gentlemen we are only playing at fourpenny Whisk and Swabs"; "A set of wulgar wretches"; "O that I should live to die in a round house". Available on CD 164.
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Artist	Woodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809)
Artist	Engraver: Cruikshank, Isaac (1756-1811)
Archive Creator	George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer
Further Information	238 Woodward del : Cruishank scul Pub by T Tegg 111 Cheapside Date based on Walpole 807.4.6.1.1.
Physical Description	Hand-coloured print. Size 376 x 250 mm.
Copies	A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
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