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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.
D5459/2/44
Title
Nautical Experience
Date
[1807-1818]
Description
Two sailors are confronted by a farmer. One sailor, on the right, has the donkey in a 'piggy-back' whilst the other helps to push him over the fence of the enclosure where he has been kept. The stout farmer, standing on the left, asks:
"Who gave you authority to release that ass from the Pound?"
The sailor holding the donkey replies:
"Why look you master - the thing was this - we saw him aground without victuals d'ye see see so my Messmate and I agreed to cut his cable and set him at liberty because we have known before what it is to be at short allowance".
Extent
2 prints
Level
SubSeries
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Artist
Woodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809)
Engraver: Roberts
Archive Creator
George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer
Further Information
Etcd by Roberts
London pubd Janry 1807 by T Tegg 111 Cheapside
A reissue of a print originally published by Roberts. BM Sat suggests a publication date of 1803.
Publication Note
BM Sat 10192
Term
Sailors
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