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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D5459/1/97/2
Former Reference	D5459/1/59
Title	Colliander : a Lilliputian Negro servant
Date	[c1780-1809]
Description	Caricature portrait of a Lilliputian figure. She wears a white dress, with a red and white striped sash, cape and shoes, and a cap with lace flaps over the ears. Available on CD 159.
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Artist	Woodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809)
Archive Creator	George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer
Further Information	Text reads: "Which is most grim? - pray judge and see \| My master Thurlobo, or me" The reference to 'Thurlobo' is probably to Chancellor Thurlow, who was caricatured as 'Thurlebo the Chancellor of Lilliput' in one of a series of political caricatures [BM Sat 7879] called 'The Lilliputian World', designed by Woodward and published in 1791.
Physical Description	Coloured drawing; 242 x 200mm. Portrait.
Copies	A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
Term	Slavery
	Slaves
	Forced labour
	Black peoples
	Oppression
	Works of art
	Caricatures
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