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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.
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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.
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