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Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D5459/2/23/10 |
Former Reference | D5459/2/135 |
Title | Grotesque Borders for Rooms &Halls : No 15 |
Date | 1 Aug 1799 |
Description | Three strips arranged in columns. Column 1. Two Lilliputian men with sticks talking. One says: "Since you mean to hire for service ( … )" which is a line from 'Midas', a mock Italian burletta by Kane O'Hara, first performed in London in 1764. Fat man in a chair with dentist/servant. A woman is having her hand kissed. The servant mentions 'Horn Fair', which was a fair held in East London since medieval times. Local tradition claimed that it began with King John after he compensated a miller whose wife he had seduced, with a sizeable grant of land. The fair began with a procession from Cuckold's Point, and the large man in the picture appears to be being cuckolded by his wife. A balding Lilliputian man greeting a plain woman. A man disputing the bill with his architect.
Column 2. A country bumpkin commenting on the boots worn by a young man in riding gear. A Lilliputian servant complaining to his master that his livery is too small. A mother commenting on her son's regulation regimental wig. Long 'queues' continued to be worn by soldiers long after they had gone out of general fashion. Death calling on a miser.
Column 3. A Lilliputian father sits with a baby on his lap, watched by the mother. A clergyman is served his dinner by a maidservant. A Lilliputian man addressing a woman wearing a crown of vine-leaves: "Come thou Goddess fair and free", a line from 'L'Allegro', by John Milton (1608-1674). A clumsy servant is scolded by a gouty master. Available on CD 161. |
Level | Item |
Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
Artist | Woodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809) |
Archive Creator | George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer |
Further Information | Etch'd by Rowlandson Pub Aug 1 1799 by R Ackermann 101 Strand |
Physical Description | Hand-coloured print. Size 495 x 340 mm. Portrait. |
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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