"The Duke of York sits on a settee with a courtesan on each knee, Mrs. Clarke (left) and (presumably) Mrs. Carey (right). One foot rests on large volumes of 'Army Accompts'; by the other is a smaller book: 'Ovid Art of Love'. A chair is overturned; th...
Alternative Title:
Beggars opera : Act 2, Scene 1
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Clarke, Mary Anne, 1776?-1852, Wardle, Gwyllym Lloyd, 1762?-1833, and Gay, John, 1685-1732.
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[25 February 1809]
Call Number:
53 C599 S809
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Mrs. Clarke stands in the lobby of the House of Commons, a section of which is seen through the partly open door: the corner of three tiers of empty benches and the gallery, with a strip of the Speaker's chair, showing his right elbow. She is directe...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 25, 1809, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Clarke, Mary Anne, 1776?-1852, and Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons,
Portrait of Mary Anne Clarke; three quarter length, standing behind a table on which her muff rests, head in profile to the left; wearing a bonnet with a veil that hangs in front of her face
"Portrait of Mary Anne Clarke; bust length, looking to left; wearing lace veil, three string necklace; and brooch at chest; in oval."--British Museum online catalogue
"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 wh...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 1809 by T. Tickle, Duke's Place
Subject (Name):
Clarke, Mary Anne, 1776?-1852 and Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827.
Subject (Topic):
Mistresses, Adultery, Trousers, Chairs, and Daggers & swords
"Above, Mrs. Clarke stands on a round dais, under a canopy, receiving her clients. These are headed by six military officers; the foremost makes a sweeping bow, cocked hat in hand. Next is a fat parson holding a money-bag inscribed 800; behind is an o...
Alternative Title:
Mrs. Clarkes levee
Description:
Title of top design from text above image; title of bottom design from text below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Febry. 20th, 1809, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Clarke, Mary Anne, 1776?-1852 and Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827.
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Courtesans, Mistresses, Military officers, British, Clergy, Bags, Money, Windows, Staffs (Sticks), and Dogs
"Portrait of Mary Anne Clarke; half length, standing in witness box, to right, holding an opened letter; wearing bonnet; chinchilla muff in front of her."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Mrs. Mary Anne Clarke
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published by J. Stratford, 112 Holborn Hill
Subject (Name):
Clarke, Mary Anne, 1776?-1852,
Subject (Topic):
Witnesses, Mistresses, Bonnets, Muffs, and Correspondence
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"), ...
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Clarke, Mary Anne, 1776?-1852, Taylor, Elizabeth, active 1800, Sandon, Huxley, and Cupid (Roman deity),
Portrait of Mrs. Carey; whole length, reclining to the left on a couch; elbow resting on a cushion; wearing a loose collared gown with tassels hanging from the front
Alternative Title:
Mrs. Carey another York beauty
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published Jany. 1, 1809, by William Holland, No. 11 Cockspur Street
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 ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Clarke, Mary Anne, 1776?-1852 and Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827
