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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.
D5459/2/23/4
Former Reference
D5459/2/129b
Title
Borders for Rooms & Halls : No 8
Date
20 Jun 1799
Description
Three strips, arranged in rows. All the figures are Lilliputian caricatures.
Row 1.
A man and a roundabout.
A farmer and his wife in a 'Tax'd Cart'.
A newsboy blowing his trumpet with a hat announcing 'The Second Post'.
An organ grinder, a woman playing a tambourine and a little girl playing the triangle. Their refrain "we dance and we sing" resembles wassail songs.
Row 2.
Punch and Judy show with a man passing the hat.
A vicar preaching in a pulpit with the curate telling him the congregation has left.
A man and a large woman sat on a mare.
A peddler selling red garters.
Row 3.
A man with a performing bear and dancing dogs.
A town crier, announcing the loss of an attorney's conscience.
Two men boxing with three onlookers.
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 Inv : Etched by Rowlandson
Pubd June 20th 1799 by R Ackermann No 101 Strand
Physical Description
Hand-coloured print. Size 493 x 343 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 bordersBMC 9489
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