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D5459 - George Murgatroyd Woodward (1767-1809), cartoonist - [c1780]-1840
1 - Drawings - [c1780]-1809
15 - Gradation from a Greenhorn to a Blood - Aug 1784
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D5459/1/15/1
Former Reference
D5459/1/201
Title
Sketch the 2nd : A Jemmy
Date
Aug 1784
Description
Portrait of a young man, wearing a red coat, black breeches and cocked hat, walking from right to left. In his left hand he holds a very thin cane and a dog walks alongside him. Available on CD157.
Level
Item
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Artist
Woodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809)
Archive Creator
George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer
Further Information
G M W delin. : August 1784
According to Grose's 'A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue', a Jemmy Fellow is a 'smart spruce fellow.'
Engraved version in the British Museum (BM Sat 7782). The figure in the print is in a very similar pose, but has his hand in trouser, not waistcoat pocket and does not have a dog.
Physical Description
Coloured drawing. Size 256 x 205 mm. Portrait.
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