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D5459 - George Murgatroyd Woodward (1767-1809), cartoonist - [c1780]-1840
- 3 - Prints by Woodward (Undated) - [c. 1800-1815]
  - 29 - Sketches of Fairy Land - [Dec 1810]

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D5459/3/29/2
Former Reference	D5459/3/83
Title	Sketches of Fairy Land. Pl. 2
Date	[Dec 1810]
Description	Six captioned scenes arranged in two rows. Top row, from left to right: [1] A man and a woman embrace on a sofa, in view of the woman's husband. The caption criticises the fashionability of crim. con. cases. [2] A group of women sit playing cards. [3] A Parish feasts, which the caption claims is held at the expense of the poor. Bottom row, left to right: [4] Two young men in coachman's dress outside the 'BANG-UP LIVERY STABLES'. [5] A man in a jean-de-brie coat, hessian boots, round hat and neck-cloth, stands next to a woman wearing only a flimsy empire-line dress. [6] A naval expedition sent out by the Lilliputians, which is slow to set out and recalled once it has left. 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	Tegg's Caricatures No 202 Woodward delt by Thos Tegg 111 Cheapside. Apollo Library The fourth scene is a satire on the Four-in-hand club coach-driving club, as satirised by the Drury Lane Club in a musical farce. These clubs were made up of amateur whips, who dressed as coachmen. 'Bang-up' - was new catch-phrase, connected with coaching. The sixth scene refers to Walcheren expedition led by Chatham to Scheldt to aid Austrians. It was the largest expedition which had left England, consisting of 264 ships of war, 352 transports and just under 40,000 men. Bad weather and bad luck meant that the expedition failed. Text in the images has not been transcribed. Date and explanation from BM Sat 11582.
Physical Description	Hand-coloured print. Size 378 x 250 mm.
Copies	A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
Related Material	BM Sat 11582
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