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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D5459/2/71
Former ReferenceD5459/2/83
TitlePractical Education
DateApr 1810
DescriptionSix pairs of figures, arranged in two rows. They depict people asking professionals for advice. Top row, from left to right:
A young man asks a Scot for help with elocution. The text is damaged here, but in a copy at the Philadelphia Museum of Art it reads: "You mun know Sir I have an idera of being made a member of Parlymint, so I wants to larn a little Horatry".
A young boy in military uniform and a giant cocked hat asks a soldier for help before taking command of a company.
A vicar gives advice to a new vicar on what to wear in the pulpit.

Bottom row, left to right:
An Irish lawyer offers advice to a young man soon to be called to the bar.
A London doctor offers help to a country apothecary.
A yokel informs a sophisticated man that he would like to be a butcher, or "somat genteel".
Available on CD 163.
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
ArtistWoodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809)
Archive CreatorGeorge Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer
Further InformationTEGG'S CARICATURES No 5

Woodward delt

Pubd April 1810 by Ts Tegg 111 Cheapside

Dialogue in image not transcribed.
Physical DescriptionHand-coloured print. Size 415 x 251 mm.
CopiesA copy is held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, https://www.philamuseum.org/collection/object/190124
Publication NoteBM Sat 11617
Image

Practical Education

Archivist NoteAmended to include text from damaged section. Mark Smith, Corporate Records Manager, 4 Apr 2022.
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