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D5459 - George Murgatroyd Woodward (1767-1809), cartoonist - [c1780]-1840
4 - Unattributed prints and prints by other artists - 1789-c.1840
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D5459/4/12
Former Reference
D5459/3/19
Title
The Fifth Clause
Date
23 April 1805
Description
A man confronts his servant. Both stand in profile, with their hands on their hips. The master, standing on the right and wearing a bob wig and top boots, addresses the servant:
"And now Mr Old, and faithful servant - if I was to kick you out of the house dont you think I shoud [sic] be doing justice to myself and the country at large."
The servant, on the right, is wearing a broad-brimmed hat and buckled shoes. He replies:
"You should recollect what is due to an old and faithful servant. You say I have made free with your beer - I own I have frequently lent my neighbour Giles the key of your cellar and have often drunk ale with him, but as he had ale of his own at the time, I cannot positively say whether I drank your ale or not - and as to that charge of robbing the Hen roost - I dont choose to make any reply to that, as by the fifth clause I am not bound to incriminate myself."
Available on CD 166
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Item
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Artist
Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827)
Archive Creator
George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer
Further Information
Pubd April 23rd 1805 by R Ackermann
Text reads:
'Let us never forget what is due to an old and faithful Servant - vide L--- Cas---reagh's Speech on the Naval Enquiry'
Attribution based on Grego ii 50.
Physical Description
Hand-coloured print. Size 350 x 250 mm.
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A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
Related Material
See D5459/1/93/4 etc for more on the Naval Enquiry of 1805.
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