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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D5459/2/17/1
Former ReferenceD5459/3/58
TitleA Bankrupt Cart: or the Road to Ruin in the East
Date 5 Nov 1799
DescriptionA family of London merchants, 'cits', travel in a small carriage pulled by a single horse. The father is wearing a cocked hat , the mother a hat with very tall ostrich plumes.
On the right a newsboy with a trumpet holds a copy of the 'London Gazette'. Behind them rides a stout footman. They are passing in front of a 'Mash-Brewer'. On the wall of the brewery are pasted notices. One reads: 'Theatre Royal Covent Garden the Comedy of the Bankrupt with High Life Below Stairs.' The other reads: 'A house to be let in Grosvenor Square. Suitable for Genteel family.'
Available on CD 160.
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
ArtistWoodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809)
Archive CreatorGeorge Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer
Further InformationWoodward Delt : Etched by Rowlandson

Published by R Ackermann No 101 Strand Novermber 5 1799
Physical DescriptionHandcoloured print. Size 381 x 250 mm.
CopiesA digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
Related MaterialBMC 9466.
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