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D5459 - George Murgatroyd Woodward (1767-1809), cartoonist - [c1780]-1840
2 - Prints by Woodward (Dated) - 1785-1812
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D5459/2/41
Former Reference
D5459/3/115
Title
Laudable Secrecy Respecting a Peace or John Bull too Inquisitive
Date
Jul 1806
Description
John Bull and Charles James Fox in conversation. John Bull, on the right, is a large elderly man in a powdered bob-wig and glasses. In his pocket he has papers marked 'Omnium' and 'Speculation on Peace'. He asks Fox: "Now do Charly, my dear good boy - open the door a little bit farther - just to enable me to take in a few of my friends at the Stock Exchange."
Fox, on the left, is standing next to a half-open door, through which is passing a man with a scroll marked 'Dispatches'. Fox has a document in his pocket marked 'To Monsr Talleyrand Negotiations'. He replies: "Really Mr Bull, you are too inquisitive - dont you see the door for Negotiation is open'd? - dont you see the back of a messenger? - dont you see he has got dispatches under his arm? - what would you desire more -".
Available on CD 163.
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Item
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Artist
Woodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809)
Archive Creator
George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer
Further Information
Woodward Delin : N H Sculp
Published by R Ackermann July 1806 101 Strand
According to BM Sat 10588 the title refers to Lauderdale's mission to Paris on the instructions of Fox, after news of a separate treaty signed by France with Russia.
Physical Description
Hand-coloured print. Size 390 x 295 mm.
Copies
A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
Related Material
See D5459/1/36 etc for more depictions of Fox.
Publication Note
BM Sat 10588
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