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D5459 - George Murgatroyd Woodward (1767-1809), cartoonist - [c1780]-1840
- 2 - Prints by Woodward (Dated) - 1785-1812

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D5459/2/43
Former Reference	D5459/3/117
Title	Sailors in a Calm
Date	1 Jan 1807
Description	Three sailors sit on a heavily laden horse. The first, seated nearest the tail comments: "What is Tom Pipes, about there at the Helm - does he mean to set Sail or not. " The next one adds: "We shall never get to Portsmouth at this rate." The third, holding onto the horse's ears says: "You may say that my hearty we have been on board this half hour and D--n me if I think I shall ever get under way." They are watched by a fourth sailor, standing on the right, who comments: "Why Mess-mates you seem in a dead calm." Available on CD 163.
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 delint : P Roberts sculpt Pubd by T Tegg 111 Cheapside Jan 1 1807 (imprint very faint) Reissue of a print originally published by Roberts.
Physical Description	Hand-coloured print. Size 391 x 280 mm.
Copies	A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
Publication Note	BM Sat Sup. Ser. 1948-2-14-693cl
Term	Sailors

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