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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D5459/2/23/14
Former ReferenceD5459/2/132
TitleGrotesque Borders for Rooms & Halls : No 21
Date25 Oct 1800
DescriptionThree strips, arranged in rows.
Row 1.
A man threatens a woman with a switch. She makes a 'horns' sign at him.
Lord Mayor and company on a city barge.
An Irishman trying to look at himself in the mirror with his eyes closed.

Row 2.
A Lilliputian girl with a skipping rope.
A woman trying to teach a man to play chess.
A short man walking with a very tall wife.
A cat dressed as a maid giving a letter to a dog dressed as a town crier.

Row 3.
A couple milking a cow. The reference is to a nursery rhyme.
A man talks to another about his tea garden.
Two Lilliputian characters fencing.
Two Irish men walking.
Available on CD 161.
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
ArtistWoodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809)
Archive CreatorGeorge Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer
Further InformationWoodward Del : Rowlandson sculp
Pub Oct 29 1800 by R Ackermann 101 Strand
Physical DescriptionHand-coloured print. Size 498 x 345 mm.
CopiesA digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
Related MaterialSee D5459/1/86/3 for preparatory drawings
See subseries D5459/2/23 for other printed borders
Publication NoteBM Sat 9690
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Grotesque Borders for Rooms & Halls : No 21

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