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D5459 - George Murgatroyd Woodward (1767-1809), cartoonist - [c1780]-1840
- 3 - Prints by Woodward (Undated) - [c. 1800-1815]

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D5459/3/30
Former Reference	D5459/2/45
Title	Setting Out for Margate
Date	[12 Aug 1812]
Description	In the middle sits a large cit's wife, fanning herself. On the left is her husband, and on the right is her footman. Her husband, two geese hanging out of his pocket, complains: "Why my dove, I am loaded with provisions like a tilt cart on a fair day - and my pockets stick out as if I was just returned from a City Feast". His wife replies: "Don't be so wulgar Mr Dripping - you are now going among genteel folks, and must behave yourself - We shall want all the Wickalls on the Woyage - depend upon it - bless me how varm it is, I am all over in a muck." On the right the footman announces: "An please your Master and Missis, the sailor man has sent word as how the Wessel is ready to swim". Available on CD 165.
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Artist	Woodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809)
Archive Creator	George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer
Further Information	166 Woodward Del : Rowlandson Scul London Aug 12th 18[12] by Thos Tegg No 111 Cheapside London cits (merchants etc) customarily holidayed in Margate. Note the distinctive pronunciation of the 'v' as 'w'. Date according to BM Sat 11968
Physical Description	Hand-coloured print. Size 420 x 250 mm.
Copies	A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
Publication Note	BM Sat 11968
Term	Sailors
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