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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. |
Level | 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. |
Related Material | See subseries D5459/2/23 for other printed borders |
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