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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) |
| 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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