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Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D5459/2/67 |
Former Reference | D5459/3/79 |
Title | Won't You Come Mr Mug |
Date | 17 Oct 1808 |
Description | A young woman looks down from a window and says: "Wont you - Wont you - Wont you come Mr Mug?". Below the window is a sign which reads 'Fresh from Billingsgate every day '. She is addressing a coarse looking man, who has a rope with tankards tied on to it. He clasps his forehead and says: "Dang it - I should not mind but I be afeard to leave my pots." Available on CD 163. |
Level | Item |
Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
Artist | Woodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809) |
Archive Creator | George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer |
Further Information | Woodward del
Pubd Octr 17th 1808 by SW Fores No 50 Piccadilly
The title is from the song sung by Mr Liston in 'The Africans', by George Colman. It was adapted from 'Les Nouvelles du Florian' and performed at the Haymarket in July 1808. |
Physical Description | Hand-coloured print. Size 350 x 255 mm. Portrait. |
Copies | A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office. |
Publication Note | BM Sat 11123 |
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