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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D5459/3/21
TitleThe Old Woman's Complaint, or the Greek Alphabet
Date[15 Jan 1809]
DescriptionAn old woman complains to a teacher about the behaviour of his pupils. He asks:
"Good Woman you are always making complaints against my Scholars, what have they done to offend you now?" She replies:
"Please your Honors Worship - they followed me up and down and said to one and other - At her - beat her - damn her - pelt her -and a great deal more that I do not recollect". One of four boys standing in a group behind the old woman replies:
"Indeed sir we were only repeating our Greek Alphabet, in order to get quite perfect - what the old woman heard was only Alpha - Beta - Gamma - Delta and so on to the conclusion."
Extent2 prints
LevelSubSeries
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
ArtistWoodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809)
Archive CreatorGeorge Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer
Further InformationWoodward Delin : Rowlandson Sc

London Published by Thos Tegg No 111 Cheapside

Date based on Walpole 809.1.15.2
Publication NoteBM Sat 11460
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