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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D5459/2/39
Former ReferenceD5459/3/40
TitleJack Junks Opinion of the French Language
DateAug 1805
DescriptionTwo sailors sit on upturned tubs, either side of a low table. Both are wearing the sailor's outfit of long trousers, a cropped jacket and a round hat, and both are smoking a pipe and have a tankard of beer. The sailor on the left asks:
"Why Jack! You was so long in a French Prison, I suppose you larnt to patter their Lingo a little?"
The sailor on the right replies:
"No Bob, I never some how fancied it, they call things out of their names so d--nably, - why would you believe it. They call a Horse a Shovel and a Hat a Chopper!!"
Available on CD 163.
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
ArtistWoodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809)
Archive CreatorGeorge Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer
Further InformationWoodward delt

Pubd August 1805 by SW Fores 50 Piccadilly

According to BM Sat 10489, Jack Junk is the sailor in 'The Birthday', by T. Dibdin, first perfomed at Covent Garden in 1799.
Physical DescriptionUncoloured print. Size 348 x 245 mm.
CopiesA digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
Publication NoteBM Sat 10489
TermSailors
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Jack Junks Opinion of the French Language

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