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D5459 - George Murgatroyd Woodward (1767-1809), cartoonist - [c1780]-1840
1 - Drawings - [c1780]-1809
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D5459/1/13
Former Reference
D5459/1/87
Title
Michael - Satan
Date
28 Jul 1784
Description
Bust portraits of Michael on the left, and Satan on the right. Michael is a young man with long curly hair and feathered wings, wearing a crested helmet. Satan has a heavily lined face, black wings, and a helmet. Available on CD 157.
Level
Item
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Artist
Woodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809)
Archive Creator
George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer
Further Information
The following verses are written under the respective portraits:
"Michael | - the Archangel power prepar'd
for swift descent, with him the Cohort bright | of watchful cherubim; - Book 11th Line 126
Satan | - Thither full fraught with mischevious revenge | Accurst, and in a cursed hour he hies | Conclusion of the 2nd book
Vid Miltons Paradise Lost"
Physical Description
Coloured drawing. Size 280 x 266 mm.
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A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
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