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Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D5459/2/23/18 |
Former Reference | D5459/3/109 |
Title | Grotesque Borders for Screens. Billiard Rooms. Dressing Rooms &c &c |
Date | [1799-1800] |
Description | The front cover of a collection of grotesque borders. A Lilliputian man and woman stand on pedestals either side of a banner giving the title and publication details (see notes). The banner is held aloft by cherubs, with a satyr-like face in the middle. Beneath the banner can be seen a scene in a pleasure garden with Lilliputian characters and figures at a masquerade. Above, and to the side of the banner are ghostly figures. Available on CD 162. |
Level | Item |
Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
Artist | Woodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809) |
Archive Creator | George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer |
Further Information | Title continues: Forming a Caricature Assemblage of : Oddities. Whimsicalities & Extravaganzas!! : with appropriate Labels to the principal Figures : Etched by T Rowlandson. : From Original Sketches Invented & Designed by : G. M. Woodward : "Tis better to Laugh than to Cry" : Vide - an Old English Adage
London Published by R Ackermann 101 Strand
Date based on dates of published decorative borders. |
Physical Description | Hand-coloured print. Size 482 x 344 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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