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D5459 - George Murgatroyd Woodward (1767-1809), cartoonist - [c1780]-1840
- 2 - Prints by Woodward (Dated) - 1785-1812

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D5459/2/22
Former Reference	D5459/3/116
Title	Sailors on Shore
Date	14 Sep 1800
Description	A standing sailor talks to another seated on a horse. Both are wearing striped trousers, short blue jackets and round hats. The mounted sailor, on the left, has a pipe in his mouth and a bundle on a stick over his shoulder. The horse has various items attached to its saddle, and it has been tied to a large rock on the ground by means of a rope tied to its tail. It has its head down and is straining against the rope. The standing sailor asks the other: "Why Jack. What the deauce do you do. -with that great stone tied to the tail of your horse?" The other sailor replies: "You must know messmate it is an innovation of my own. - I've come but a short voyage d'ye see, and have in the time been unshipp'd twice, by this fellows pitching on his knees, So d-ye see. - I had some ballast to the stern, and shiver my timbers if there ever was a better thing invented to prevent a vessel from going too much ahead." Available on CD 160.
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Artist	Woodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809)
Archive Creator	George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer
Further Information	Publishd Sep 14 1800 by R Ackermann, No 101 Strand
Physical Description	Hand-coloured print. Size 376 x 300 mm.
Copies	A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
Term	Sailors
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