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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.
D5459/1/15/2
Former Reference
D5459/1/196
Title
Sketch 3rd : A Jessamy
Date
Aug 1784
Description
Portrait of a young man in top boots, a red coat with brass buttons and gold shoulder knots, pigtail queue and black cocked hat with cockade. He faces right and holds a quizzing glass in one hand and has a whip tucked under his arm. Available on CD 157.
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 Jessamy is 'A smart jemmy fellow, a fopling'.
In the printed version (BM Sat 7783) the character is wearing very similar clothes and is standing in a similar pose, although facing the other way. The preliminary drawing for the print was probably not the drawing at the DRO.
Physical Description
Coloured drawing. Size 255 x 203 mm. Portrait
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A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
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