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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.	D5459/1/15/2
Former Reference	D5459/1/196
Title	Sketch 3rd : A Jessamy
Date	Aug 1784
Description	Portrait of a young man in top boots, a red coat with brass buttons and gold shoulder knots, pigtail queue and black cocked hat with cockade. He faces right and holds a quizzing glass in one hand and has a whip tucked under his arm. Available on CD 157.
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 Jessamy is 'A smart jemmy fellow, a fopling'. In the printed version (BM Sat 7783) the character is wearing very similar clothes and is standing in a similar pose, although facing the other way. The preliminary drawing for the print was probably not the drawing at the DRO.
Physical Description	Coloured drawing. Size 255 x 203 mm. Portrait
Copies	A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
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