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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.	D5459/1/1
Former Reference	D5459/1/46
Title	Bad News
Date	12 Feb 1782
Description	A street scene with a coffee house on the left and a wax works on the right. Above the door of the wax works is a sign which reads 'The Taking of ST EUSTATIA'. In the foreground, from right to left: a newspaper boy carries a paper marked 'noon', two concerned-looking men converse, a third, with an angry expression, walks towards a beggar on crutches. A man and his son walk into the wax works, and a man wearing glasses sits on the pavement outside. In the background there is a street of terraced houses. 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	G M Woodward Invt and Execut : February the 12th 1782
Physical Description	Coloured drawing. Size 243 x 186 mm.
Copies	A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
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