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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.
D5459/2/23/12
Former Reference
D5459/2/133
Title
Grotesque Borders for Rooms & Halls : No 18
Date
20 Oct 1800
Description
Three strips arranged in rows.
Row 1.
A man saying goodbye to his tailor
Lilliputian characters at a baptism
An Irishman fishing by a bridge.
Row 2.
A Lilliputian girl playing a lute. The song is a traditional Scottish song, sung to the tune of 'The Bluebells of Scotland'.
A man weeping into a striped handkerchief. The reference is to 'The Rovers', a poem spoofing Schiller, which was published in Canning's 'Anti-Jacobin Review'. It refers to the moment when the hero, Ruggero, chained in a dungeon, looks at his handkerchief.
An old woman sitting in an armchair, talking to her son. Her son points to their dog called Cuckold.
Two men and a brewer's horse. The ditty "I wish I was a brewer's horse … " is that of Thomas Randall, dating from 1642.
Row 3.
A cheesemonger's wife and a soap boiler's wife arguing over precedence, followed by two men discussing a city rout.
A pair of Lilliputian men laying bets on two men fighting.
A man discussing his will with a lawyer.
Available on CD 161.
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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 Delin : Rowlandson sculp
London Pubd Octr 20 1800 at Ackermann's N101 Strand
Physical Description
Hand-coloured print. Size 498 x 343 mm.
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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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