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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.
D5459/4/20
Former Reference
D5459/2/7
Title
The Wooden Leg or Careful Landlady
Date
10 May 1809
Description
Two men in bed in a boarding house. In the centre the landlady, a candle in one hand, kneels on the floor and grabs the wooden leg of one of the men, saying:
"There is nothing like looking after servants. I always like to see that my lodgers are comfortable. Aye here's a pretty careless trick, the warming pan left in the gentleman's bed I declare."
The man in question, a sailor, complains:
"Hello - Avast heaving Lounds dont pull of my timber - I went to bed half seas over - and forgot to stow it along side the hammock,"
Available on CD 166.
Level
Item
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Artist
Engraver: Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827)
Engraver: Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827)
Archive Creator
George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer
Further Information
300
Thos Tegg 111 Cheapside
Date and attribution based on Walpole 809.5.10.1.1. BM Sat 11466 tentatively attributes the design to Woodward.
Physical Description
Hand-coloured print. Size 415 x 270 mm.
Copies
A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
Publication Note
BM Sat 11466
Term
Sailors
Image
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