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Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D5459/2/37/1 |
Former Reference | D5459/2/123 |
Title | An Alarming Situation |
Date | 1 Jan 1804 |
Description | A scuffle at the dinner table. A man, who was eating his dinner, has been grabbed round the neck by his wife,on the other side of the table. This has upset the table, causing the salad, cruet and other items to fall on the floor. The wife, on the left, is also large, and is restrained by the footman, who is in turn held by a female servant. Available on CD 162. |
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 delt : C Lambe Scut
Specimens of Dramatic Phrensy : Plate 1.
Pubd Januy 1st 1804 by SW Fores No 50 Piccadilly corner of Sackville Street
Verse reads: "Poor Griskins wife - Dramtic mad no doubt | Of Zaras woes, incessantly would spout | One Day at Dinner when the Phrensy raged. | And Mr Griskin at his plate engag'd, "Damn'd! Damn'd! Dissembler!" cried his stage struck spouse | Then seiz'd his throat and raving shook the house, | Th' affrighted Servants, came with one accord, And cried "she'll choak Old Master by the Lord" |
Physical Description | Hand-coloured print. Size 410 x 320 mm. |
Copies | A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office. |
Publication Note | BM Sat 10324 |
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