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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D5459/2/23/9 |
| Former Reference | D5459/2/163 |
| Title | Grotesque Borders for Rooms & Halls |
| Date | 20 Jul 1799 |
| Description | Three strips, arranged in rows.
Row 1.
Men sitting around a table discussing 'fashionable galleys'.
Mayor and corporation (all monkeys) bow to a cat wearing a dress seated on a dais.
Row 2.
Two Lilliputian tumblers and an announcer.
A cat and her daughter, both wearing dresses, consult a monkey lawyer about her husband's will.
A parson beating a man with a stick for not bowing to him.
A man looking up a ballet dancer's skirt with an eye-glass.
Row 3.
A man talking to a Jew.
A cricket match.
A man with a donkey selling sand.
Available on CD 161. |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Artist | Woodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809) |
| Engraver: Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827) |
| Archive Creator | George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer |
| Further Information | Woodward Del : Etched by Rowlandson
Pubd July 20th 1799 at Akermans Gallery No 101 Strand |
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| Physical Description | Hand-coloured print. Size 480 x 355 mm. |
| Copies | A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office. |
| Related Material | See subseries D5459/2/23 for other printed borders |
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