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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D5459/1/67 |
| Former Reference | D5459/1/195 |
| Title | The Distress'd Curate |
| Date | [1780-1799] |
| Description | An interior scene. A fat parson, wearing a bob-wig sits, in profile, listening to the thin curate plead his case. Available on CD 158. |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Artist | Woodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809) |
| Archive Creator | George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer |
| Further Information | Underneath the drawing is written:
"The parson fat with tithes in kind | Is not to charity inclin'd
Poor curate pleads his wants in vain | With empty purse returns again." |
| Physical Description | Coloured drawing. Size 308 x 234 mm. |
| Copies | A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office. |
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