[Medallion portraits of the Duke of York, Mary Anne Clarke, Elizabeth Taylor, Captain Huxley Sandon, and "Cupid the Arbitrator of promotions"] [graphic].

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Title: [Medallion portraits of the Duke of York, Mary Anne Clarke, Elizabeth Taylor, Captain Huxley Sandon, and "Cupid the Arbitrator of promotions"] [graphic].
Contributor: Thorold, John Hayford, Sir, 1773-1831.
Published / Created: [1809]
Publication Place: London and England London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: Print shows a design in five numbered ovals, with a central medallion portrait atop a pillar featuring the Duke of York ("The Aga"), surrounded by four smaller medallions featuring a portrait of Mrs. Mary Anne Clarke ("Fatima pinning up a new list"), Mrs. Clarke's confidante and coauthor of her memoirs, Elizabeth Taylor ("Tailoriska"), Captain Huxley Sandon, who testified as a witness at the Duke of York's rial in 1809 ("Captn. Sandonasso"), and emblematical design showing "Cupid the Arbitrator of promotions", wearing an officer's bicorne hat, holding a sword in one hand and a bishop's miter in the other, and seated beside a cornucopia of coins; at the foot of the design is the head of Medusa crowned with serpents
Description: Title supplied by cataloger.
Illustration to the satirical piece "The trial of Fatima Clarkis. A fragment of an oriental tale", by "Barnaby Sketchwell", which concerned the 1809 trial of the Duke of York, the king's second son and commander-in-chief of the army, for his alleged involvement in the sale of commissions by his former mistress, Mrs. Mary Anne Clarke.
Plate from: Sketchwell, B. London characters, or, Fashions and customs, of the present century. London : Printed for the booksellers in Bond-street ..., 1809, v. 2, facing page 317.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Lettered below image: 1. The Aga. 2. Fatima pinning up a new list. 3. Tailoriska. 4. Captn. Sandonasso. 5. Cupid the Arbitrator of promotions.
"Vide, page 317"--Lower right.
Mounted on recto of first front flyleaf.
Provenance: Mounted 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 : image 14 x 8.4 cm, on sheet 18.6 x 11.2 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English