- Creator:
- Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1805]
- Call Number:
- Drawings W87 no. 44 Box D215
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A man riding horseback has a significant accident that topples the horse and throws the rider forward against the horse's neck and head losing his hat and wig in the process. A caption above the image informs: This I pressume is by way of proving to a certainty that two and two makes four!!
- Description:
- Title inscribed in black ink below image in the artist's hand., Signed by the artist in black ink below image., and Date supplied by cataloger.
- Subject (Topic):
- Horses, Horseback riding, and Accidents
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > An arithmetician!! [art original]
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- Creator:
- Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1790]
- Call Number:
- Drawings W87 no. 3 Box D170
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- A well-dressed man strolls down the street with his walking stick tucked under his arm horizontally with the ferrule pointing forward. The walking stick strikes a 'tray of provisions' that a young butcher boy carries on his head
- Alternative Title:
- Six different methods of carrying a stick with their effects. Compartment no. 2
- Description:
- Title from typeface caption below image., Pen and ink drawing on a broadside with typeface and ornamental border., Seven lines of typeface caption below title: Cannot be too much admired, what can be more elegant or graceful than a stick carried under the arm, in a straight direction? But if the ferrule is not kept well plaistered with mud, a great part of the effect will be lost; as the daubing a clean white waistcoat, or a lady's hankerchief, are matters not to be overlooked it is very useful ... or throwing a tray of provisions form the head of a butcher's boy; with many other services equally entertaining., One of a series of six drawings by Woodward with the same typescript heading., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Staffs (Sticks, canes, etc.), Staffs (Sticks), Accidents, Butchers, and Walking
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The horizontal guard [art original].
- Creator:
- Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1790]
- Call Number:
- Drawings W87 no. 8 Box D170
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A young, fashionably dressed man walks down the street while sweeping his walking stick back in forth in front of him. He has struck a passerby on the shin, the latter holding the injury in both hands wincing in pain. From the caption: ... who must always remember when in action to sing or whistle a tune, in order that the swing may be kept in proper time. By carefully observing these rules, great execution may be performed on the ancles [sic] and shins of every person within the sphere of attraction
- Alternative Title:
- Six different methods of carrying a stick with their effects. Compartment no. 1
- Description:
- Title from letterpress caption below image., Pen and ink drawing on a letterpress broadside with ornamental border., Letterpress caption in six lines below image: May be practised with a small cane, switch, or whip, giving the arm full play; the practitioner should be a young giddy fellow, about one and twenty ..., One of a series of six drawings by Woodward with the same letterpress heading., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Staffs (Sticks), Etiquette, and Accidents
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The swing in style [art original].
- Creator:
- Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1800]
- Call Number:
- Drawings W87 no. 50 Box D215
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Six sketches arranged across two rows depicting rotund red-faced countrymen riding horses poorly or in various states of humorous accidents. Captions include: How to be obstinate; The most approved method of sliding; How to stick in a ditch; How to prevent being run away with; A Cheshire kick; How to slip from your saddle with ease to yourself and horse
- Description:
- Title and date devised by cataloger. and Sheet trimmed cropping artist's signature and title.
- Subject (Topic):
- Horses, Horseback riding, Accidents, and Country life
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Lessons in horsemanship] [art original]