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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.	D5459/2/23/3
Former Reference	D5459/2/164
Title	Borders for Rooms & Screens : No 7
Date	10 May 1799
Description	Three strips, arranged horizontally. All of the figures are Lilliputian caricatures. Row 1. A couple in a carriage. A highwayman holding up another man on horseback. Two boys ploughing. One sings: "You'll forget the little ploughboy", taken from 'The Ploughboy' a song about the progression of a boy from cowherd to politician. Some versions attribute it to O'Keefe. The second boy says: "I whistle and drive my team", which appears to come from another song entitled 'The Ploughboy', of which one line is "He whistles and sings and drives his team" Row 2. Two men playing billiards. A man and a woman fishing. A family (mother, father, son, dog, and oarsman) in a boat. A man in a barge shouting at the boat. Row 3. A Lilliputian mail coach trying to overtake a penny-post man. A tailor on a rearing horse A large man riding in a gig. Available on CD 160.
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 Delin : Etched by Rowlandson London Pub 10 May 1799 at R Ackermann's 101 Strand
Physical Description	Hand-coloured print. Size 481 x 340 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
Publication Note	BM Sat 9488
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