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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D5459/1/93/35 |
| Former Reference | D5459/1/170 |
| Title | The Match Woman : or The Hardness of the Times!! |
| Date | [1800-1809] |
| Description | A young woman, wearing a mob cap, takes a bundle of matches from an old match woman and says:
"You sell your matches very dear. I us'd to have three such bundles for a halfpenny."
The match woman, who is old and wrinkled, and carries a basket over her arm, replies:
Ah, that was before the Scarcity - 'tis all owing to the War my dear. - Timber - is scarcely to be got for love or money!! 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 | The date is based on the similarity in style to other pencil drawings of this period. |
| Physical Description | Pencil drawing with text in ink. Size 350 x 269 mm. Portrait. |
| Copies | A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office. |
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