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D5459 - George Murgatroyd Woodward (1767-1809), cartoonist - [c1780]-1840
- 4 - Unattributed prints and prints by other artists - 1789-c.1840

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D5459/4/3
Former Reference	D5459/3/107
Title	Contest between England and Spain for the Dominion of the Seas, 1790
Date	8 May 1790
Description	George III and Charles IV of Spain stand up to their waists in the sea and box. George II, standing on the left, holds up his fists and says: "Another thump in the bread-basket will do your business Whiskerando". Behind him stands Neptune, who adds: "Bravo! my son, make him feel the dominion of the seas is thine and shall be so forever." Behind Charles IV, on the right, stands the pope. Fame, personified as a woman and blowing a trumpet, descends from the clouds to put a laurel wreath on George III's head. Available on CD 166.
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Artist	Woodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809)
Archive Creator	George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer
Further Information	London Pubd by William Holland, No 50, Oxford Street, May 8, 1790 In Hollands Exhibition Rooms may be seen the largest collection in Europe of Humorous Prints The Spanish first attacked the English trading station on the Nootka Sound (Vancouver) on 21 Jan 1790. The British demanded satisfaction, but the Spanish claimed sovereignty of the whole Pacific Coast of North America. By April both countries were preparing for war.
Physical Description	Hand-coloured print. Size 380 x 302 mm.
Copies	A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
Related Material	See D5459/1/93/15 for Napoleon and Spain.
Publication Note	BM Sat 7645
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