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Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D5459/2/23/13 |
Former Reference | D5459/2/134 |
Title | Grotesque Borders for Rooms & Halls : No 17 |
Date | 25 Oct 1800 |
Description | Three strips, arranged in rows. Row 1. 'A Lilliputian Vauxhall' Couple trying to get a discount at the door A beau admiring a woman through an eyeglass Family eating dinner in a booth. The father is disputing the bill. Woman singing from a balcony. " O listen to the voice of love" is a song with music by James Hook (1746 - 1827).
Row 2. Couple commenting on a woman travelling in a 'stilish muddy'. A Lilliputian milkmaid. A Quaker collecting the post from a man and his servant.
Row 3. Lilliputian band playing 'martial music'. Woman arguing with her husband over a house. Two dandies commenting on a man riding a horse with a long tail. Available on CD 161. |
Level | Item |
Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
Artist | Woodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809) |
Archive Creator | George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer |
Further Information | Woodward Del : Rowlandson sculp London Publis October 25 1800 by R Ackermann N.101 Strand |
Physical Description | Hand-coloured print. Size 498 x 344 mm. |
Copies | A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office. |
Related Material | See D5459/1/86/1 and D5459/1/86/2 for prepratory drawings See subseries D5459/2/23 for other printed borders |
Publication Note | BM Sat 9689 |
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