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Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D5459/3/24 |
Former Reference | D5459/3/60 |
Title | The Bull and Mouth |
Date | [24 Dec 1809] |
Description | A fat man sits sleeping in a chair, his mouth open. Behind him, his wife passes a letter to a man in military uniform. He taps the side of his nose, and she holds her hand behind her husband's head, possibly making the sign of 'horns'. 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 | Woodward Del : Rowlandson Scul
[...] by Thos Tegg No 111 Cheapside
The 'Bull and Mouth' is a pub, and this is one of a series of designs by Woodward illustrating pub names.
Date based on Walpole 809.12.24.1. |
Physical Description | Hand-coloured print. Size 378 x 241 mm. Portrait. |
Copies | A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office. |
Publication Note | BM Sat 11145 |
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