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Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D5459/1/97/2 |
Former Reference | D5459/1/59 |
Title | Colliander : a Lilliputian Negro servant |
Date | [c1780-1809] |
Description | Caricature portrait of a Lilliputian figure. She wears a white dress, with a red and white striped sash, cape and shoes, and a cap with lace flaps over the ears. Available on CD 159. |
Level | Item |
Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
Artist | Woodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809) |
Archive Creator | George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer |
Further Information | Text reads: "Which is most grim? - pray judge and see | My master Thurlobo, or me"
The reference to 'Thurlobo' is probably to Chancellor Thurlow, who was caricatured as 'Thurlebo the Chancellor of Lilliput' in one of a series of political caricatures [BM Sat 7879] called 'The Lilliputian World', designed by Woodward and published in 1791. |
Physical Description | Coloured drawing; 242 x 200mm. Portrait. |
Copies | A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office. |
Term | Slavery |
Slaves |
Forced labour |
Black peoples |
Oppression |
Works of art |
Caricatures |
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