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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D5459/4/22/2 |
| Former Reference | D5459/2/75 |
| Title | Scotch Cleanliness N1 Vide Cottagers of Glenburnie |
| Date | [Sep 1810] |
| Description | A scene in a Scottish Inn. On the right a bare-foot woman is lighting a fire and complains:
"The Deel blaw this fire w'e his muckle A-se for ise nair fash mysel mair we't".
A male visitor, sitting at the table in the centre, looks at her and says:
"Sounds. We will all be suffocated with dust & smoke."
A short, bedraggled man, struggles to pour boiling water into a teapot on the table, scalding a cat in the process. The female visitor looks on in horror and says:
"Mercy on us look here my Dear, the fellow is pouring hot water on top of the teapot without taking the lid off & before he has brought tea to put in it."
The man replies:
"Feggs, you may skirll and Waloch as lang's ye like - ther's nane o the House will put themsel's out o' their gude Auld Gaits."
On the right can be seen a woman sitting in a back-room. Above her head is a ringing bell, but she sits, arms folded, and says:
"Aye, Aye ring till ye're tired, I canna be fashed."
Available on CD 166. |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Artist | Cruikshank, Isaac (1756-1811) |
| Archive Creator | George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer |
| Further Information | Teggs Caracatures No 32
Cruikshank del
Thos Tegg 111 Cheapside
Date based on BM Sat 11650
A room in a Scottish inn, as described in the appendix to 'The Cottagers of Glenburnie'. The villagers resisted all improvement with the phrase 'gude auld gait'. |
| Physical Description | Hand-coloured print. Size 416 x 270 mm. |
| Copies | A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office. |
| Publication Note | BM Sat 11650 |
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