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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D5459/4/39 |
| Title | The Yorkshire Jockey or the Material of a Fox-hunters Head |
| Date | [Oct 1815] |
| Description | A groom leads a horse round a yard. On the left, the owner and a potential customer stand in the doorway, under a sign which reads: 'A KEEN | HORSE DEALER'. The customer, on the left, asks:
"Well! I have no objection to the price, but you'll answer for it, he won't refuse timber*?"
The dealer, on the right, replies:
"Refuse timber!! why he'll leap over your head!! What do you think about that!!" |
| Level | SubSeries |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Artist | Williams |
| Archive Creator | George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer |
| Further Information | 229
Williams Scupt
Text reads:
'Note* Refusing Timber, is a sporting phrase for a five bard gate'
Date based on BM Sat 12649 |
| Physical Description | Hand-coloured print. Size 420 x 270 mm. |
| Publication Note | BM Sat 12649 |