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