The trial of Fatima Clarkis [graphic].

Description

Title: The trial of Fatima Clarkis [graphic].
Published / Created: [1809]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: A room full of women, including one writing at a table and another (Mary Anne Clarke?) wearing a feathered headdress and sitting in an elevated chair, point and argue with one another. In the background, a man (the Duke of York?) peers in from behind a partially opened door
Description: Title etched below image.
Frontispiece to v.2 of: Sketchwell, B. London characters, or, Fashions and customs, of the present century. London : Printed for the booksellers in Bond-street ..., 1809.
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.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
"Frontispiece. Vol. II"--Above image.
"Vide page 321"--Beneath title in lower right.
Mounted on recto of third 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 13.9 x 8.9 cm, on sheet 18.6 x 11.2 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English