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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D5459/3/10
Former Reference	D5459/2/15
Title	A Whimsical Will!!
Date	[1 Oct 1807]
Description	The reading of a will. The lawyer sits in an armchair in the left. The deceased's wife flirts with his secretary. She has been left his fortune, and the secretary has been left his wife. The butcher, a very fat man wearing an apron, has been 'left' the advice to cut his steak thicker. Behind the butcher sits the butler, a dishevelled and drunk man, who has been left money for his sobriety. To his doctor he leaves all the medicines he has been prescribed and to his foppishly dressed nephew he leaves nothing, much to his disgust. Available on CD 164.
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Artist	Woodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809)
Archive Creator	George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer
Further Information	280 Woodward delt by Thomas Tegg 111 Cheapside Price One Shill Color'd Date based on Walpole 807.10.1.3.1. Dialogue in image not transcribed.
Physical Description	Hand-coloured print. Size 360 x 250 mm.
Copies	A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
Publication Note	BM Sat 11148
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