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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.
D5459/1/85
Former Reference
D5459/1/14
Title
[Young man with a walking stick]
Date
[1790-1799]
Description
Portrait of a young man, walking left to right, wearing buckled shoes, tattered breeches, a blue coat and what appears to be a bicorn hat with cockade. He has his eyes closed and his carrying a large stick under his right arm. 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
The drawing was the basis for the engraving of a 'Buck' in the series 'Gradation from a Greenhorn to a Blood' (BM Sat 7787, published by Holland in 1790). In the print he is wearing a round hat and carrying a smaller stick.
Physical Description
Coloured drawing. Size 298 x 230 mm. Portrait.
Copies
A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
Related Material
See D5459/1/15/6 for the drawing titled 'A Buck'.
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