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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.
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See subseries D5459/2/23 for other printed borders
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