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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.
D5459/2/23/17
Former Reference
D5459/2/124
Title
Grotesque Borders for Halls & Rooms : No 20
Date
1 Nov 1800
Description
Three strips arranged in columns.
Column 1.
"Leap Year". A Lilliputian man being kissed by two women
A 'sleeping' partner and his business partner.
The balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet with Lilliputian figures.
A dancing master eloping with a young woman to Gretna Green.
Column 2.
A man talking to a sentry about the next century/sentry.
Three Lilliputian men cock-fighting.
A dandy being called 'King of Fools' by another man.
A Lilliputian woman and a 'taylor done over'. 'The Taylor Done Over' was a late eighteenth-century Scottish song.
Column 3.
A Lilliputian man with a woman in a low cut dress. "The woman that seduces all mankind" is a quotation from Gay's 'The Beggar's Opera', act I, scene I.
A watchman telling a lodger that the house is on fire.
A man talking to a Yorkshire ostler.
A Lilliputian gentleman and a jockey examining a horse's legs.
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 492 x 341mm. Portrait
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
Publication Note
BM Sat 9492, BM Sat Sup. Ser. 1948-2-14-606.
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