George Moutard Woodward

English caricaturist and humor writer

George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765–1809), more commonly known as George 'Moutard' ("Mustard") Woodward, was an English caricaturist and humor writer.^[1] He was a friend and drinking companion of Thomas Rowlandson.^[1]

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,^[1] 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] and in its sequel Supplementary Catalogue.^[8]

Works

Eccentric Excursions in England and South Wales (1796) (sc Isaac Cruikshank)
Cupids Magick Lantern (1797–78) (sc Thomas Rowlandson, published by Hooper & Wigstead)
Matrimonial Comforts (1799) (sc Thomas Rowlandson)
Country Characters (1800) (sc Thomas Rowlandson), published by Rudolph Ackermann)
Horse accomplishments (1799) (sc Thomas Rowlandson, published by Rudolph Ackermann)
Le Brun Travestied or Caricatures of the Passions (1800) (sc Thomas Rowlandson, published by Rudolph Ackermann)
Grotesque Borders for Rooms and Halls (1799–1800) (sc Thomas Rowlandson, published by Rudolph Ackermann)
Pigmy Revels (1800–1) (sc Francis Sansom, published by S. W. Fores)
An Olio of Good Breeding (1801) (sc Isaac Cruikshank)
The Musical Mania for the Year 1802
Attempts at Humour (1803)
The Bettyad (1805)
The Caricature Magazine or Hudibrastic Mirror (1806–7) (sc Thomas Rowlandson, Isaac Cruikshank, and others, published by Thomas Tegg)
An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting (1808) (sc Thomas Rowlandson)
Chesterfield Travestied, or School for Modern manners (1808) (sc Thomas Rowlandson)
The Fugitive and Other Literary Works (1805)

Sources

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^ ^a ^b ^c Heneage, Simon (2004). 'Woodward, George Murgatroyd (1760?–1809) in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford , England: Oxford University Press.
^ George Woodward in the Dictionary of National Biography accessed 12 April 2008
^ Bryant, Mark; Heneage, Simon (1994). Dictionary of British Cartoonists and Caricaturists, 1730-1988. London, England: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd. p. 192. ISBN 978-0859679763.
^ 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.
^ "George Woodward Archive".
^ 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
^ 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.
^ Gordon, William A. (2020). A Supplementary Catalogue of the Books, Drawings, Prints and Periodicals Forming the William A. Gordon Library of British Caricature. Glencoe, Illinois: privately published. p. 192. ISBN 978-0-578-690-858.