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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.
Level	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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