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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.
D5459/2/23/7
Former Reference
D5459/2/127
Title
Grotesque Borders for Rooms & Halls : No 12
Date
5 Jul 1799
Description
Three strips, arranged in rows.
Row 1.
A Lilliputian couple in a red and blue balloon.
A man in a too-tight coat and stand-up collar talking to another man.
A monkey trying to sell a Van Dyck to a connoisseur monkey.
A cit family with pronounced London accents pull their three children in a cart on their way to an 'Ordinary'.
A fencing master in Scottish dress instructing a wounded pupil.
Row 2.
Two drunk men at a table.
A man and woman in what appears to be seventeenth century dress, watched by another man in dress from the 1770s.
A mad bull charging at three Lilliputian men.
Row 3.
Five Lilliputian characters on horses chasing a highwayman who has hijacked a carriage.
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
Rowlandson Sculp : Woodward Del
Pubd July 5 1799 by R Akerman No 101 Strand
Physical Description
Hand-coloured print. Size 475 x 342 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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