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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D5459/1/13
Former ReferenceD5459/1/87
TitleMichael - Satan
Date28 Jul 1784
DescriptionBust portraits of Michael on the left, and Satan on the right. Michael is a young man with long curly hair and feathered wings, wearing a crested helmet. Satan has a heavily lined face, black wings, and a helmet. Available on CD 157.
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
ArtistWoodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809)
Archive CreatorGeorge Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer
Further InformationThe following verses are written under the respective portraits:

"Michael | - the Archangel power prepar'd
for swift descent, with him the Cohort bright | of watchful cherubim; - Book 11th Line 126
Satan | - Thither full fraught with mischevious revenge | Accurst, and in a cursed hour he hies | Conclusion of the 2nd book
Vid Miltons Paradise Lost"
Physical DescriptionColoured drawing. Size 280 x 266 mm.
CopiesA digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
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