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D5459 - George Murgatroyd Woodward (1767-1809), cartoonist - [c1780]-1840
- 2 - Prints by Woodward (Dated) - 1785-1812
  - 37 - Specimens of Dramatic Phrensy - 1 Jan 1804

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D5459/2/37/5
Former Reference	D5459/2/120
Title	A Sudden Emotion
Date	1 Jan 1804
Description	A scene in a lawyer's office. There is a sloping desk and stool, and around the room are bookshelves, bundles of papers and notices posted on the wall. On the left a young clerk, a quill in his hand, is crouching with his arms outstretched, looking up at a shocked older man. Behind the older man stand a strong-looking maid with a bucket of water and a surprised older woman wearing glasses. 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 del Specimens of Dramatic Phrensy : Plate 1. Pubd Januy 1st 1804 by SW Fores No 50 Piccadilly corner of Sackville Street Verse reads: "Dramatic Phrensy, to no place confind \| At freedom roves, and occupies the Mind, \| The Lawyers Clerk, Old Square-toes will to cross, \| Who spouts Lothario when he should engross All on a sudden from his writing stoops \| 'My fierce ambitious soul declining droops' \| His simple Master by - cries "whats the matter? \| Tom's in a fit here - Betty bring some water!" The clerk quotes lines spoken by Lothario in the 'Fair Penitent' by Rowe.
Physical Description	Hand-coloured print. Size 405 x 315 mm.
Copies	A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
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