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D5459 - George Murgatroyd Woodward (1767-1809), cartoonist - [c1780]-1840
2 - Prints by Woodward (Dated) - 1785-1812
23 - [Decorative Borders] - 1799-1800
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D5459/2/23/1
Former Reference
D5459/2/131
Title
Borders for Rooms : Plate 4
Date
1 Apr 1799
Description
Three strips, arranged horizontally:
Row 1. Left to right.
A man dressed as a macaroni bows to a woman.
A ghost in a red cap talks to a seated woman.
A Lilliputian man stands between two women and declares: "How happy I could be with either ... ", lines sung by McHeath in 'The Beggar's Opera', by Gay.
A ghost in a mob cap pays a visit to a woman wearing glasses.
Row 2.
Four ghosts dance in a circle, while another plays the flute.
A Lilliputian woman talks to a man wearing a 'Bond Street Cravat'.
A man talks to his friend who is dressed as a jockey.
A seated Lilliputian couple. The man declares: "Cast my love, thine eyes around", lines taken from the song 'Damon and Florella - A Pastoral Dialogue', sung in pleasure gardens from the mid-seventeenth century.
Row 3.
A tall man and a short man look at each other.
A Lilliputian beau with an eyeglass looks at an actress wearing feathers.
A plainly dressed woman talks to a haughty mayor's wife, who wears feathers and a large muff.
A Lilliputian man talks to a weeping woman, saying: "Turn Fair Clora", the first line of the duet 'Damon and Clora', by Henry Harrington (1727 - 1816).
Available on CD 160.
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Item
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Artist
Woodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809)
Archive Creator
George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer
Further Information
Woodward Inv
Pubd April 1 1799 at Akermans Gallery No 101 Strand
Physical Description
Hand-coloured print. Size 495 x 342 mm.
Copies
A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
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See subseries D5459/2/23 for other printed borders
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