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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.	D5459/1/15/1
Former Reference	D5459/1/201
Title	Sketch the 2nd : A Jemmy
Date	Aug 1784
Description	Portrait of a young man, wearing a red coat, black breeches and cocked hat, walking from right to left. In his left hand he holds a very thin cane and a dog walks alongside him. Available on CD157.
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 Jemmy Fellow is a 'smart spruce fellow.' Engraved version in the British Museum (BM Sat 7782). The figure in the print is in a very similar pose, but has his hand in trouser, not waistcoat pocket and does not have a dog.
Physical Description	Coloured drawing. Size 256 x 205 mm. Portrait.
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