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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.	D5459/2/23/9
Former Reference	D5459/2/163
Title	Grotesque Borders for Rooms & Halls
Date	20 Jul 1799
Description	Three strips, arranged in rows. Row 1. Men sitting around a table discussing 'fashionable galleys'. Mayor and corporation (all monkeys) bow to a cat wearing a dress seated on a dais. Row 2. Two Lilliputian tumblers and an announcer. A cat and her daughter, both wearing dresses, consult a monkey lawyer about her husband's will. A parson beating a man with a stick for not bowing to him. A man looking up a ballet dancer's skirt with an eye-glass. Row 3. A man talking to a Jew. A cricket match. A man with a donkey selling sand. 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	Woodward Del : Etched by Rowlandson Pubd July 20th 1799 at Akermans Gallery No 101 Strand
Physical Description	Hand-coloured print. Size 480 x 355 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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