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D5459 - George Murgatroyd Woodward (1767-1809), cartoonist - [c1780]-1840
- 1 - Drawings - [c1780]-1809

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D5459/1/29
Former Reference	D5459/1/51
Title	A Taylor Done Over
Date	Feb 1786
Description	Caricature portrait of a tailor. He wears all brown, except for a red and white striped cap, red unbuttoned waistcoat and red ties around the bottom of his breeches. He has scissors tucked into the waistband of his apron. He has a down-turned mouth and holds his hands in front of him. 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 : Feby. 1786. "_A Taylor I was once was, as blithe as e'er need to be \| Till Sues cruel eyes a poor devil has made of me \| So blithe, plump, and jolly, I was call'd Will the Rover, \| But now a mere skeleton, _O I'm done over!" The lines come from an eighteenth-century song.
Physical Description	Coloured drawing. Size 323 x 202 mm. Portrait
Copies	A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
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