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D5459 - George Murgatroyd Woodward (1767-1809), cartoonist - [c1780]-1840
3 - Prints by Woodward (Undated) - [c. 1800-1815]
20 - Miseries of Human Life - [1807-1808]
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D5459/3/20/8
Former Reference
D5459/2/25
Title
[Inviting a friend ... ]
Date
[1808]
Description
A party sit around the dinner table, while a footman brings in a steaming hare on a plate. The party looks at the dish in disgust, one woman turns away, another holds her nose. Outside the door,the cook, in an apron and cap, laughs.
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
244
Miseries of Human Life
Woodward del : Cruikshank fc
The text below the image reads:
'Inviting a friend / whom you know to be particularly fond of the dish / to partake a fine hare, haunch &c &c which you have endeavoured to keep exactly to the critical moment, but which is no sooner brought in, than the whole party with one nose order it to be taken out.'
Title is taken from text beneath the image.
Date based on Walpole 808.0.14.
Physical Description
Hand-coloured print. Size 420 x 270 mm.
Copies
A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
Publication Note
BM Sat 11151
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