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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D5459/1/57
Former ReferenceD5459/1/44
Title[Street scene with bonfires]
Date[1780-1789]
DescriptionOn the far left is a pub with a sign inscribed 'Rodneys Head', beneath a portrait of the admiral with an anchor. Above the door of the pub is a sign which reads 'FOREIGN SPIRITS' and a model of a bunch of grapes hangs from a bracket above it. On the right-hand side of the picture is a rushlight tallow chandlers, with a sign above the shop window, and a large 'R ' illuminated with candles on the bracket above the sign. To the left of the chandlers, one street back, is a coffee-house. All of the shops have candles in every window and along the sign brackets. There is a large bonfire outside the pub, and people are firing miniature cannons. A coach is making its way behind the pub, and the coachman is waving his hat. In the background a crowd has gathered around a bonfire beneath an effigy hanging from gallows. There are figures leaning through the open window of the coffee-house and a group of men talking outside the chandlers. Available on CD 158.
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
ArtistWoodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809)
Archive CreatorGeorge Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer
Further InformationDate based on style.
Physical DescriptionColoured drawing. Size 244 x 198 mm.
CopiesA digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
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