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D5459 - George Murgatroyd Woodward (1767-1809), cartoonist - [c1780]-1840
- 4 - Unattributed prints and prints by other artists - 1789-c.1840

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D5459/4/17
Former Reference	D5459/2/85
Title	Durham Mustard Too Powerfull for Italian Capers, or the Opera in Uproar
Date	Jan 1807
Description	Four young women, all with their hair loose and holding garlands, dance on stage. They are all dancing with their legs lifted. On the left, the Bishop of Durham leaps onto the stage, wielding his crozier, and crying: "Avaunt black fiend. I fear the [sic] not. Assume whatever shape or form thou wilt, I am determined to lay the [sic] thou black fiend." Below him is the orchestra pit, and a man who adds: "That's right, down with them."
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Artist	Cruikshank, Isaac (1756-1811)
Archive Creator	George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer
Further Information	Pub by T Tegg 111 Cheapside Jany 1807 Attribution based on BM Sat 9300. The print was first published 1798 by McQuire. In 1798 Barrington, Bishop of Durham condemned French opera dancers as being sent from France to undermine morality. He claimed that they, "by the allurements of the most indecent attitudes, and most wanton theatrical exhibitions, corrupted the people". He appealed to the King to ban these "indecent spectacles" and to have the performers expelled.
Physical Description	Hand-coloured print. Size 420 x 270 mm.
Publication Note	BM Sat 9300
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