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D5459 - George Murgatroyd Woodward (1767-1809), cartoonist - [c1780]-1840
- 1 - Drawings - [c1780]-1809
  - 34 - [Shakespearean drawings] - 1787

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D5459/1/34/26
Former Reference	D5459/1/119
Title	Twelfth Night or What You Will: Mr Dodd in the Character of Sir Andrew Ague Cheek
Date	Mar 1787
Description	Portrait of Dodd in profile wearing gold shoes with rosettes, red stockings, gold jacket and feathered three-cornered hat. 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 delin : March 1787 "Sir Andrew / What is pourquoy? Do or not do? I would I had bestow'd that time on the tongues that I have in fencing, dancing and bear baiting. Act I Scene III" James William Dodd (?1740-1796) was already acting by the age of 16, in 1765 he was engaged to work at Drury Lane. His pale, expressionless face meant he often played fops and other shallow characters. He was famed for his playing of Sir Andrew Aguecheek, and in the drawing he is dressed almost exactly as portrayed in a painting by Francis Wheatley of the revival of 'Twelfth Night' at Drury Lane in 1771.
Physical Description	Coloured drawing. Size 280 x 205 mm. Portrait.
Copies	A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
Related Material	See D5459/1/4/12 for a scene from the play.
Publication Note	B.D.A., London Stage.
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