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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D5459/1/29 |
| Former Reference | D5459/1/51 |
| Title | A Taylor Done Over |
| Date | Feb 1786 |
| Description | Caricature portrait of a tailor. He wears all brown, except for a red and white striped cap, red unbuttoned waistcoat and red ties around the bottom of his breeches. He has scissors tucked into the waistband of his apron. He has a down-turned mouth and holds his hands in front of him. 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 : Feby. 1786.
"_A Taylor I was once was, as blithe as e'er need to be | Till Sues cruel eyes a poor devil has made of me | So blithe, plump, and jolly, I was call'd Will the Rover, | But now a mere skeleton, _O I'm done over!"
The lines come from an eighteenth-century song. |
| Physical Description | Coloured drawing. Size 323 x 202 mm. Portrait |
| Copies | A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office. |
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