The borough Cromwell exercising his authority!! [art original].

Creator:

Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist.

Published/Created:

[England],
[ca. 1808]

Physical Description:

1 drawing : graphite pencil with ink inscriptions and border on wove paper ; image 25.3 x 35 cm, on sheet 28.2 x 36 cm

Notes:

Title from inscription in black ink in the artist's hand below image.
Date supplied by cataloger.
Attributed to Woodward.
Speech bubbles inscribed in black ink in image.
Purchased from Abbott and Holder, 24 July 2000.

Abstract:

A military officer stands in a commanding pose pointing at the troops arranged before him. He issues an order, "By my sovereign will and authority I command you all to depart." One of the frightened soldiers responds, "Poor man, he has got the place fever to a certainty."

Topics:

Military officers--British.
Solders--British.

Language:

English

Genre:

Graphite drawings--British--19th century.

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html

Call Number:

Drawings
W87
no. 45
Drawings W87 no. 45 Box D210

Orbis Record:

10211941

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr10979

Citation:

G.M. Woodward. The Borough Cromwell Exercising his Authority!! The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.

OID:

15814084

PID:

digcoll:2783078