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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D5459/1/57 |
| Former Reference | D5459/1/44 |
| Title | [Street scene with bonfires] |
| Date | [1780-1789] |
| Description | On the far left is a pub with a sign inscribed 'Rodneys Head', beneath a portrait of the admiral with an anchor. Above the door of the pub is a sign which reads 'FOREIGN SPIRITS' and a model of a bunch of grapes hangs from a bracket above it. On the right-hand side of the picture is a rushlight tallow chandlers, with a sign above the shop window, and a large 'R ' illuminated with candles on the bracket above the sign. To the left of the chandlers, one street back, is a coffee-house. All of the shops have candles in every window and along the sign brackets. There is a large bonfire outside the pub, and people are firing miniature cannons. A coach is making its way behind the pub, and the coachman is waving his hat. In the background a crowd has gathered around a bonfire beneath an effigy hanging from gallows. There are figures leaning through the open window of the coffee-house and a group of men talking outside the chandlers. Available on CD 158. |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Artist | Woodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809) |
| Archive Creator | George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer |
| Further Information | Date based on style. |
| Physical Description | Coloured drawing. Size 244 x 198 mm. |
| Copies | A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office. |
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