George Moutard Woodward

George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765–1809) was an English caricaturist and humor writer.[1] He was a friend and drinking companion of Thomas Rowlandson.

Caricature of the new-fangled neoclassical fashions of 1796, engraved after a drawing by Woodward
"DANDY PICKPOCKETS DIVING": Scene Near St. James Palace", published in The Caricature Magazine, or Hudibrastic Mirror, by G.M. Woodward

Biography

Woodward was born in Stanton Hall, in Stanton by Dale in Derbyshire, England the son of William Woodward in 1765.[2] Nicknamed 'Mustard George', Woodward had a somewhat crude but energetic style. Widely published in “The Caricature Magazine” and elsewhere, his drawings were nearly all etched by others,[3] primarily Thomas Rowlandson, but also Charles Williams, Isaac Cruikshank, Piercy Roberts and others.

Dorothy George wrote of him "He makes a very considerable figure in caricature ; he was original, prolific, and varied.".[4] The George Woodward Archive [5] in the Derbyshire Record Office in Matlock, Derbyshire has a large collection of his works. Many of his Prints are described in the Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires Preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum.[6] The most complete catalogue of his works can be found in A Catalogue of the Books, Drawings, Prints and Periodicals forming the William A. Gordon Library of British Caricature.[7]

Works

See also

Sources
  1. Henneage, Simon (2004). 'Woodward, George Murgatroyd (1760?–1809) in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford , England: Oxford University Press.
  2. George Woodward in the Dictionary of National Biography accessed 12 April 2008
  3. Bryant, Mark; Henneage, Simon (1994). Dictionary of British Cartoonists and Caricaturists, 1730-1988. London, England: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd. p. 192. ISBN 978-0859679763.
  4. George, M Dorothy (1870–1954). Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires Preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum. London: The British Museum.
  5. "George Woodward Archive".
  6. George, M Dorothy (1870–1954). Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires Preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum. London: The British Museum.Vol VI 1938, Vol VII 1942, VOL VIII 1947, VOL IX 1949
  7. Gordon, William A. (2013). A Catalogue of the Books, Drawings, Prints and Periodicals forming the William A. Gordon Library of British Caricature. Glencoe, Illinois: privately published in a limited edition of 50 Copies. p. 192. ISBN 978-0-615-78528-8.

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