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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.
D5459/2/23/15
Former Reference
D5459/2/136
Title
Grotesque Borders for Rooms & Halls : No 22
Date
29 Oct 1800
Description
Three strips, arranged in rows.
Row 1. 'A Lilliputian Exhibition'
Lilliputian characters, including a fashionable young man, a pair of stout cits and a clergyman viewing paintings and miniatures. There is mention made of the copies of fine art available at Ackermann's.
Row 2.
A man appointed Master of Ceremonies at a rout speaks to another man.
A Lilliputian card party of four people, with a servant.
A mouse being carried in a sedan chair by two cats.
Row 3.
A man misreading a sign outside a silk-stocking shop.
A scene from 'Pizarro', which was adapted by Sheridan from Kotzebue's The Spaniards of Peru, and first produced in 1799. It was very successful, particularly because of Rolla's patriotic speech, which was taken to be anti-Napoleon.
Three Irishmen discussing a morning walk.
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 DEL : ROWLANDSON SCUL
Pubd Oct 29 by R Ackermann No 101 Strand
Physical Description
Hand-coloured print. Size 498 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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