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D5459 - George Murgatroyd Woodward (1767-1809), cartoonist - [c1780]-1840
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D5459/1/36
Former Reference	D5459/1/92
Title	The Black Man of the People
Date	[1780-1789]
Description	Half length caricature portrait of Charles James Fox in profile, facing right. He is wearing blue and beige and in his left hand he holds a mask. On the verso is a pencil sketch of a young woman or child wearing a broad-brimmed hat. 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	The Whig politician Fox (1749-1806) often referred to himself as the 'man of the people'. The addition of 'black' refers to his swarthy complexion. There is a printed caricature of Fox with the same title by Woodward (BM Sat 7874), but the drawing and the print are only superficially similar.
Physical Description	Coloured drawing ; 198 x 160 mm. Portrait.
Copies	A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
Related Material	For other depictions of Fox see D5459/1/39, D5459/1/42, D5459/1/48, D5459/1/53, D5459/1/55, D5459/1/92, D5459/1/93/3, D5459/1/93/4, D5459/1/93/5, D5459/1/93/34, D5459/2/18, D5459/2/41. See D5459/1/14 and D5459/1/9 for mentions of Fox.
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