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D5459 - George Murgatroyd Woodward (1767-1809), cartoonist - [c1780]-1840
- 1 - Drawings - [c1780]-1809
  - 15 - Gradation from a Greenhorn to a Blood - Aug 1784

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D5459/1/15/7
Former Reference	D5459/1/197b
Title	Sketch 8th : A Blood
Date	Aug 1784
Description	Portrait of a man wearing top boots, breeches with the pockets turned out, a spotted waistcoat, a red coat and black cocked hat. He is in leg irons and has his hands behind his back and a patch across his nose. 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 W delin. : August 1784 According to Grose, a Blood is 'A riotous disorderly fellow.' The figure in the printed version (BM Sat 7788) appears younger, and wears a patch under his eye, not on his nose. There are some differences to his clothes but the pose is almost identical.
Physical Description	Coloured drawing. Size 257 x 193 mm. Portrait.
Copies	A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
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