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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D5459/1/90
Former ReferenceD5459/3/30
TitleAmbassadors Homeward Bound
Date18 May 1803
DescriptionTwo carriages, both containing diplomats, pass each other on the road. The carriage on the right contains the English ambassador; he wears a blue coat and a round hat and is smiling. The pair of galloping horses are driven by a rider wearing top boots, mustard-coloured breeches, a short red coat and a black jockeys cap. He too is smiling. The coach on the left is marked 'F.R.' and contains a depressed looking French ambassador, wearing a red coat edged with gold and a bicorn hat with a revolutionary cockade. The horse is walking and is ridden by an equally glum coachman wearing a red coat, cocked hat with a revolutionary cockade and the large 'milk-churn' boats often worn by French riders. Piled on top of the French carriage are three green bags labelled 'Ultimatum', 'Ultimatum No 30', 'Ultimatum No 50'. Available on CD 158.
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
ArtistWoodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809)
Archive CreatorGeorge Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer
Further InformationLondon Pubd May 18 1803 by W. Holland. Cockspur Street. removed from Oxford Street.

After the breakdown of negotiations in Paris, Britain declared war on France on 16 May 1803.

Despite the inscription no print has been found. The handwriting appears to be that of William Woodward, the artist's father.
Physical DescriptionColoured drawing. Size 382 x 265 mm.
CopiesA digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
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