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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. |
| Level | 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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