- Creator:
- Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1800]
- Call Number:
- Drawings W87 no. 39 Box D210
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A gathering of countrymen, lawyers, and sailors stare with shock and consternation at the carcass of a shark laying on a table before them. A countryman begins the dialogue with an exclamation, "Dang it if I ever saw such a thing in my life, why it would swallow a man alive!" while an attorney continues with a question, "Neighbor Stump says very true, I never saw anything like it in the whole course of my practice as a country attorney. Pray my friend what do you call it?" A sailor smugly jests, "Why it is a shark d'ye see according to the lubbers lingo on shore, but we gemmen in his Majesty's service call him a sea lawyer!!!
- Description:
- Title inscribed in black ink in the artist's hand below image., Artist's signature in black ink below image., and Date supplied by cataloger.
- Subject (Topic):
- Sailors, British, Sharks, and Lawyers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Sailors exhibiting a shark!! [art original]
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- Creator:
- Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1790]
- Call Number:
- Drawings W87 no. 4 Box D170
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A loquacious gentlemen holding a raised walking stick vertically in front of his body prepares to strike the foot of a passerby by feigning a blunder. From the caption: Provide a good stout stick (the heavier the better), well loaded with iron, and sally forth at the business time of the day ... enter on a long story and at the end of every marked sentence, make a sudden plunge with your stick downwards, which must be managed with great velocity, and at proper periods; by these methods your friend cannot fail feeling the force of your observations; and every person's toes must suffer that come within the reach of the argument
- Alternative Title:
- Six different methods of carrying a stick with their effects. Compartment no. 3
- Description:
- Title from letterpress caption below image., Pen and ink drawing on a broadside with typeface and ornamental border., Letterpress capation in fourteen lines below title: The person who has a desire to put this grace in practice, must be consciousness of possessing an unconquerable habit of talking incessantly, if that is not a leading trait in his character, he had better decline the study; but if hef finds himself master of so neccessary a qualification ..., 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), and Conversation
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The foot compressor [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]