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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.
D5459/2/71
Former Reference
D5459/2/83
Title
Practical Education
Date
Apr 1810
Description
Six pairs of figures, arranged in two rows. They depict people asking professionals for advice. Top row, from left to right:
A young man asks a Scot for help with elocution. The text is damaged here, but in a copy at the Philadelphia Museum of Art it reads: "You mun know Sir I have an idera of being made a member of Parlymint, so I wants to larn a little Horatry".
A young boy in military uniform and a giant cocked hat asks a soldier for help before taking command of a company.
A vicar gives advice to a new vicar on what to wear in the pulpit.
Bottom row, left to right:
An Irish lawyer offers advice to a young man soon to be called to the bar.
A London doctor offers help to a country apothecary.
A yokel informs a sophisticated man that he would like to be a butcher, or "somat genteel".
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
TEGG'S CARICATURES No 5
Woodward delt
Pubd April 1810 by Ts Tegg 111 Cheapside
Dialogue in image not transcribed.
Physical Description
Hand-coloured print. Size 415 x 251 mm.
Copies
A copy is held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, https://www.philamuseum.org/collection/object/190124
Publication Note
BM Sat 11617
Image
Archivist Note
Amended to include text from damaged section. Mark Smith, Corporate Records Manager, 4 Apr 2022.
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