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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D5459/2/23/8
Former ReferenceD5459/2/130
TitleBorders for Rooms and Halls : No 10
Date10 Jul 1799
DescriptionThree strips, arranged in rows.
Row 1.
A recruiting officer with two yokels
A cat playing the violin to a monkey. "That strain again" is an adaptation of the Duke of Orsino's speech at the beginning of 'Twelfth Night'.
A skeleton and a woman. "Lady lay your costly robes aside" is taken from the old English poem 'The Messenger of Mortality; or Life and Death Contrasted in a Dialogue between Death and a Lady'.
A young woman and cupid.

Row 2.
A man and a woman wearing a low cut dress with large ostrich feathers. The woman mentions 'Ranelagh' referring to the fashionable pleasure gardens of the same name.
Two men playing nine pins.
A woman presents colours to a soldier for valour.
A monkey and a cat, both clothed, play shuttlecock.

Row 3.
A man displaying a camel.
A crowd of men annoy a woman with an over-turned barrow.
Two men play dice.
A man and a clergyman drinking and smoking.
Available on CD 161.
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
ArtistWoodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809)
Archive CreatorGeorge Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer
Further InformationRowlandson Sculp : Woodward Del

Pubd July 10 1799 at Akermans Gallery No 101 Strand
Physical DescriptionHand-coloured print. Size 495 x 342 mm.
CopiesA digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
Related MaterialSee subseries D5459/2/23 for other printed borders
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Borders for Rooms and Halls : No 10

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