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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D5459/1/101/2 |
| Former Reference | D5459/1/72/2 |
| Title | [Chapter XI Description of a Modern Magistrate] |
| Date | [c1780-1809] |
| Description | The scene takes place in a crowded room. In the centre Greaves, wearing black armour, talks to his companion, the attorney Tom Clarke, a young man with dark hair, wearing top boots and a black coat. Standing in the doorway on the left are Greaves' squire Crabshaw, a short squat man with a red nose, hung about with belts, and holding a staff, and Captain Crowe, in a blue coat and black cocked hat. Behind them can be seen two figures. At the table, on the right, sits Justice Gobble. He is wearing a blue suit, red cap, glasses and very haughty expression. Next to him sits his wife, wearing a mobcap. There is a third man sat at the table and in the corner stand a number of men holding wooden staffs. Available on CD 159. |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Artist | Woodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809) |
| Archive Creator | George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer |
| Further Information | Greaves goes to confront the magistrate who has had him put in jail.
"When they arrived at the justice's house, they were detained for some time in the passage; then a voice was heard, commanding the constable to bring in the prisoners, and they were introduced to the hall of audience, where Mr. Gobble sat in judgment, with a crimson velvet night-cap on his head; and on his right hand appeared his lady, puffed up with the pride and insolence of her husband's office, fat, frouzy, and not over-clean, well stricken in years, without the least vestige of an agreeable feature, having a rubicund nose, ferret eyes, and imperious aspect." |
| Physical Description | Coloured drawing. Size 147 x 93mm. |
| Copies | A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office. |
| Image | ![[Chapter XI Description of a Modern Magistrate]](GetImage.ashx?db=Catalog&fname=D5459-1-101-2.jpg&type=RecordThumbnail)
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