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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D5459/3/31 |
| Former Reference | D5459/2/40 |
| Title | An Irish Pilot |
| Date | [Aug 1812] |
| Description | A scene on board ship. An Irish sailor at the helm is addressed by a captain holding a telescope, who says: "Now en't you a pretty fellow for a Pilot - to see land and not know where we are!"
The Irish pilot replies:
"Och my dear jewel! Only shew me the Old Head of Kinsale and I'll tell you where we are to an inch!"
Available on CD 165. |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Artist | Woodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809) |
| Archive Creator | George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer |
| Further Information | 175
No 111 Cheapside
Date based on Walpole 812.8.0.1
There are no copies of this print signed by Woodward, attribution is based on the very great similarity between this and D5459/2/47. |
| Physical Description | Hand-coloured print. Size 418 x 270 mm. |
| Copies | A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office. |
| Publication Note | BM Sat 11977 |
| Term | Sailors |
| Image | 
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