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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.
D5459/2/23/16
Former Reference
D5459/2/126
Title
Grotesque Borders for Halls & Rooms : No 19
Date
1 Nov 1800
Description
Three strips, arranged vertically.
Column 1.
A Lilliputian man admiring a woman in a white dress. She is talking about make-up.
A Welshman wearing a leek talking to another man about toasted cheese.
Two Lilliputian women, one short, one tall, in a scene from the play 'Midas'.
A man on his knees talking to a dark woman.
Column 2.
A woman in a full dress and feathers talking to another woman in a white empire-line dress.
Two men, one wearing a round hat, jean-de-brie coat and neck-cloth, described as the 'leading beau of Bond Street'.
A man in riding gear describes his sister's musical score as tadpoles.
A balding Lilliputian beau addresses a woman, "Come live with me and be my love". It is the opening line of 'The Passionate Shepherd to His Love', by Christopher Marlowe.
Column 3.
"How sweet in the woodland". A Lilliputian hunting couple with bows and arrows and dogs. The lines are taken from a duet by Henry Harington (1727-1816)
A lawyer interviewing a young woman.
A Lilliputian man asking a servant for dinner.
A fashionable young man with cropped hair and long trousers proposing to a demure young woman.
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
Pub Nov 1 1800 at R Ackermann's 101 Strand
Physical Description
Hand-coloured print. Size 494 x 391 mm.
Copies
A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
Related Material
See D5459/1/86/4 and D5459/1/86/5 for preparatory drawings
See subseries D5459/2/23 for other printed borders
Publication Note
BM Sat Sup. Ser. 1948-2-14-640
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