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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D5459/2/37/3 |
| Former Reference | D5459/2/122 |
| Title | A Disagreable Surprise |
| Date | 1 Jan 1804 |
| Description | A young woman, a candle in one hand, walks towards her bed, followed by a man in military uniform. He has dropped his hat and is apparently staggering. In the doorway on the left, the girl's father holds a lantern in one hand and a blunderbuss in the other.
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 : CW Sculpt
Specimens of Dramatic Phrensy : Pl. 3.
Pubd Januy 1st 1804 by SW Fores No 50 Piccadilly
Verse reads:
"By little Cupids warmest passion led, | When Daddya nd Mamma were gone to bed, | Miss Prue her lover to her room convey'd, | When he so full of Tragic! could not bear
To whisper love-sick nonsense in her ear, | But raving loud and stamping on the floor, | Comes Dad, in his night gown to the Chamber door, | Detects the Girl, - and spoils the whole amour" |
| Physical Description | Hand-coloured print. Size 391x 295 mm. |
| Copies | A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office. |
| Publication Note | BM Sat 10326 |
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