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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D5459/1/2 |
| Former Reference | D5459/1/2 |
| Title | Saturday Morning or The Country Managers Levee |
| Date | 29 Apr 1782 |
| Description | A scene on the stage. The banner above the scene reads: 'Judge not by Outside Appearances'.
A sign pinned to the door on the left reads:
'Manager in Distress after which a Comedy called A New Way To Pay Old Debts with the farce of the Bankrupt'.
From left to right:
A footman in blue jacket with epaulettes and turned-back cuffs facing right. Stout man facing right and bending forward slightly. He wears matching red jacket, waistcoat and breeches and an unpowdered bag-wig. Facing him is a queue of people. First is a bedraggled man with unkempt long dark hair and a hat under his arm. A small child stands behind this man and pulls at his coat, and behind the child stands the man's wife, holding a baby.
Following the woman there is an affluent looking couple. The woman wears her hair in curls on top of head, with ostrich feathers, and what appears to be a crucifix around her neck. The man wears a red coat, cream breeches and waistcoat and black buckled shoes and stockings. He wears a three-cornered cocked hat and toupéel, and holds a stick in his right hand. Behind them, a man stands facing the audience, hands behind his back and eyes closed. He is without a wig and wears a dark waistcoat and breeches, and mustard-coloured coat. On the far right a man in a red jacket and top boots is speaking to someone through a half-opened door. Available on CD 157. |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Artist | Woodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809) |
| Archive Creator | George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer |
| Further Information | G M Woodward Invt & delin. April the 29th 1782 |
| Physical Description | Coloured drawing. Size 376 x 289 mm. |
| Copies | A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office. |
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