The rival queans, or, A scene in The beggars opera [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- The rival queans, or, A scene in The beggars opera [graphic].
- Alternative Title
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Rival queens, or, A scene in The beggars opera
Scene in The beggars opera - Creator
- Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
- Contributor
- Walker, Elizabeth, active 1789-1817, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [March 1809]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. March 1809 by Walker, Cornhill
- Abstract
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"Mrs. Clarke (left) and Mrs. Carey (right) (see British Museum Satires No. 11050) berate each other; both wear evening dress, with feathers in their hair, those of Mrs. Carey being the taller. The Duke, wearing regimentals, watches the quarrel, equally distant from both. Mrs. Clarke, arms akimbo, says: "Why how now Madam Carey, although you are so Warey In saveing of your cash, John Bull and I we both will try, And settle all your hash." [see 1803 Isaac Cruikshank print for an earlier use of this phrase, BM impression 1868,0808.7141/ PPA108823] Mrs. Carey retorts: "Why how now Madam Clarke------ Why since you thus can chatter------ And thus betray your spark------ I wonder whats the matter with, you, Madam Clarke!!" The Duke looks at Mrs. Clarke, stopping his ears, a leg raised in angry protest; he says: "Zounds! the thunder of Valencienes was Music to this". Behind Mrs. Clarke is a cockatoo on a high perch, screaming: "go it! go it"; a chair has been overturned, and a mastiff, its collar inscribed 'John Bull', barks at the Duke. A small dog behind Mrs. Carey also barks. She stands with her back to the fire. On the chimney-piece a china Cupid aims his arrow at a heart on the trunk of a tree."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark. - Provenance
- Grosvenor Prints; November 2022.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 24.6 x 35 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 809.03.00.08+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1809
Etchings England London 1809 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name)
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Clarke, Mary Anne, 1776?-1852
Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827 - Subject (Topic)
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Military officers
British
Mistresses
Quarreling
Headdresses
Cockatoos
Dogs
Fireplaces - Subjects
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Clarke, Mary Anne, 1776?-1852 > Caricatures and cartoons
Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827 > Caricatures and cartoons
Military officers > British
Mistresses > Great Britain
Quarreling
Headdresses
Cockatoos
Dogs
Fireplaces
England > 1809
England > London > 1809
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 16470531
- Object ID (OID)
- 33114425