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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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