Mrs. Clarke's breeches [graphic].

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Title: Mrs. Clarke's breeches [graphic].
Contributor: Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, attributed name.
Published / Created: [March 1809]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. March 1809 by T. Tickle, Duke's Place
Abstract: "Mrs. Clarke stands, wearing a grotesquely long pair of breeches belonging to the Duke of York. The empty pockets hang inside out, and she holds them out, saying, "A Fig for such Breeches! there's nothing in them!!" On a chair lies the blue pelisse which she wore in the Commons (see British Museum Satires No. 11225); the Duke's sword is against the chair."--British Museum online catalogue, description of another version of the same design
Description: Title etched below image.
Another version, with identical text and only minor differences in the design, of a print attributed to Charles Williams. Cf. No. 11278 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 8. See also: British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.7784.
Publication line is pseudonymous.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Bound in opposite page 26.
Provenance: Bound in a volume with a burgundy morocco bookplate from: W.A. Foyle. Beeleigh Abbey. Binding: early 20th-century red crushed morocco by Riviere & Son, covers with a double gilt fillet, spine ruled and lettered in gilt, marbled endleaves, gilt edges. Maggs Bros.; April 2024.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 23.4 x 18.8 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English