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Whims of the Moment or the Bedford Level!!, 20 November 1795

 Item — Box: LF104/3 Box 1
Reference code: LF104/3/54

Scope and Contents

Artist: Isaac Cruikshank (after: George Moutard Woodward.) Published: S. W. Fores. A design in two compartments. On the left a well-dressed man staggers back in horror as he regards his queue of hair which he holds in his right hand. His hair has been roughly cropped at the back of the neck. He says: "Tis gone, - and like the baseless fabric of a Vision, - left not a wreck behind." Behind him is a table on which are a decanter and glass. On the right a plainly dressed farmer's wife gazes with horror at her husband (left) who stands with his back to her, grinning, his hands deep in his coat-pockets, his hat under his arm. She says: "Bless me our John - what hast thee done with thy toil?" He answers, "Dock'd un, to be the go!" His hair is cropped showing an ugly expanse of neck. Description from the British Museum.

Dates

  • Creation: 20 November 1795

Conditions Governing Access

Available by appointment in our Reading Room

Extent

1 Item(s)

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository

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