"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; the Duke's (broken) sword transfixes a paper: 'Promotions, My Foot Boy' [Carter, see British Museum Satires No. 11223], 'Foster 200 ... 150, Smalcroft200....' [see British Museum Satires No. 11227]. On a round table are decanters, fruit, a stand of jelly-glasses. Above the Duke hangs a picture of the Prodigal Son watching swine at a trough, inscribed: 'I will Arise and Go To my Fa[ther]'. Mrs. Clarke, unnoticed by the Duke, makes a sign to Wardle (right) who enters the room holding out a paper: 'The Duty which I Owe to my Country is Paramount to Every Other Concideration' [the tenor of the opening of his speech of 27 Jan. attacking the Duke). He is followed by a crowd of shadowy figures carrying a gibbet, an axe, and a statue of Justice."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Beggars opera : Act 2, Scene 1
Description:
Title etched below image., Approximate date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of title from bottom edge. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum., and Mounted opposite page 14.
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.
Equestrian portrait of Prince Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany, riding to the left, head turned to the right, one hand holding the reins and the other gesturing with his drawn saber; a bicorne with a feather cockade on his head, in military uniform with star on his breast; a landscape with a distant city in the background
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: Nicholson, W. The history of the wars occasioned by the French Revolution. London : R. Evans, 1816., Watermark: 1815., and Two impressions in the folder.
Publisher:
Published 18th of May 1815, by Richard Evans, Whites Row, Spitalfields
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827,
Equestrian portrait of Prince Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany, riding to the left, head turned to the right, one hand holding the reins and the other gesturing with his drawn saber; a bicorne with a feather cockade on his head, in military uniform with star on his breast; a landscape with a distant city in the background
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: Nicholson, W. The history of the wars occasioned by the French Revolution. London : R. Evans, 1816., 1 print : etching with engraving and stipple ; sheet 22.8 x 34.5 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Bound in after page [28].
Publisher:
Published 18th of May 1815, by Richard Evans, Whites Row, Spitalfields
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827,
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., Unsigned, but probably the work of M.N. Bate. The companion print "Mrs. Clarke, the York beauty," likewise published by William Holland in 1809, bears the signature "drawn & engraved by Bate." See: Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 1, page 440, no. 1. See also: British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1867,1214.613., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Tipped in at recto of second rear flyleaf.
Publisher:
Published Jany. 1, 1809, by William Holland, No. 11 Cockspur Street
"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
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: The Lady's monthly museum. London : Vernor & Hood, new ser. v. 6 (1809)., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Watermark: J. Whatman 1807., Window mounted to 25 x 20 cm., and Mounted opposite page 22.
"Mrs. Clarke, in a two-wheeled dog-cart, drives two asses tandem: the leader has the head of the Duke of York, the wheeler that of Wardle; the former looks round, kicking the latter violently. Beside her sits Wright, vulgarly smart, holding his bill headed Col Wardle to T Wright. Items follow, the total being £300; below this figure is 200, scored through and not allowed. She flourishes her whip, saying: "Altho I dont keep a barouche of my own, "I've a fine stud of Asses and They're all the Ton [cf. British Museum Satires No. 10638] Come up Neddy's Now you shall see how I manage my Ponies, I can turn them as easy as I can myself the leader Fred I have been flogging lately, & he has taken to kick this poor Devil Gwilly most unmercifully I have but lately brore [sic] him into the Shafts. Wright turns to her, saying, Aye Aye. you have done Wright. Behind the dog-cart canters a third ass, branded D, and ridden by a young military officer, with a letter in his pocket: To Cap D. He says: Come up Dowley! I hope I shall soon be admitted to a more favored situation; I have been in waiting long enough. Mrs. Clarke drives from a corner-house inscribed Kings Road, her house in Westbourne Terrace, see British Museum Satires No. 11238."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Text following title: Vide Chapter of Donkies. If it was'nt for asses pray what would she do. Verse 5th., and Bound in between pages 6 and 7.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 10th, 1809, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Clarke, Mary Anne, 1776?-1852, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Wardle, Gwyllym Lloyd, 1762?-1833, and Wright, Francis
Subject (Topic):
Mistresses, Carriages & coaches, Donkeys, Kicking, Whips, Military officers, and British
Portrait of Mary Anne Clarke; whole length, reclining to the right on a couch, head turned slightly left; index finger of her right hand pressed against her forehead, holding a book in her left hand; wearing a loose fitting gown
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Bound in opposite page [5].
Publisher:
Pubd. by E. Walker, No. 7 Cornhill, London
Subject (Name):
Clarke, Mary Anne, 1776?-1852, and Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827.
"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., and Bound in opposite page 26.
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 obese doctor, with three other elderly men. She says to them: Ye Captains and ye Colonels-ye parsons wanting place, Advice I'll give ye gratis and think upon your case, If there is possibility, for you I'll raise the dust, But then you must excuse me-if I serve myself the first. Below, Mrs. Clarke, much décolletée, looks from an open ground-floor window of a London house, to see a fashionably dressed man, Taylor, walking towards her holding a sealed packet. He looks over his shoulder at a yokel with a cudgel, who asks: I say Measter Shoe-maker where be you going in such a woundy hurry? Taylor answers: Dont speak to me fellow you should never pry into State affairs. Mrs. Clarke says: Open the door John here comes the Ambassador Now for the dear delightful Answer. Behind the yokel, evidently John Bull, is his dog. On the right is a house with a door-plate inscribed Mrs Weston."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Mrs. Clarkes levee
Description:
Title of top design from text above image; title of bottom design from text below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Mounted to 44 x 29 cm., and Watermark: E & P.
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
"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 obese doctor, with three other elderly men. She says to them: Ye Captains and ye Colonels-ye parsons wanting place, Advice I'll give ye gratis and think upon your case, If there is possibility, for you I'll raise the dust, But then you must excuse me-if I serve myself the first. Below, Mrs. Clarke, much décolletée, looks from an open ground-floor window of a London house, to see a fashionably dressed man, Taylor, walking towards her holding a sealed packet. He looks over his shoulder at a yokel with a cudgel, who asks: I say Measter Shoe-maker where be you going in such a woundy hurry? Taylor answers: Dont speak to me fellow you should never pry into State affairs. Mrs. Clarke says: Open the door John here comes the Ambassador Now for the dear delightful Answer. Behind the yokel, evidently John Bull, is his dog. On the right is a house with a door-plate inscribed Mrs Weston."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Mrs. Clarkes levee
Description:
Title of top design from text above image; title of bottom design from text below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., 1 print : etching ; sheet 16.9 x 22.8 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Imperfect; only top image "Mrs. Clarks Levee" is present, with bottom image (including imprint statement) having been trimmed away from sheet., and Mounted opposite page 27.
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
"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 obese doctor, with three other elderly men. She says to them: Ye Captains and ye Colonels-ye parsons wanting place, Advice I'll give ye gratis and think upon your case, If there is possibility, for you I'll raise the dust, But then you must excuse me-if I serve myself the first. Below, Mrs. Clarke, much décolletée, looks from an open ground-floor window of a London house, to see a fashionably dressed man, Taylor, walking towards her holding a sealed packet. He looks over his shoulder at a yokel with a cudgel, who asks: I say Measter Shoe-maker where be you going in such a woundy hurry? Taylor answers: Dont speak to me fellow you should never pry into State affairs. Mrs. Clarke says: Open the door John here comes the Ambassador Now for the dear delightful Answer. Behind the yokel, evidently John Bull, is his dog. On the right is a house with a door-plate inscribed Mrs Weston."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Mrs. Clarkes levee
Description:
Title of top design from text above image; title of bottom design from text below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 36 x 25.1 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on two sides., and Mounted on leaf 35 of volume 10 of 14 volumes.
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
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[25 February 1809]
Call Number:
809.02.25.03
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 directed to the right, with head turned to the spectator. She wears a plain blue pelisse over a white dress, a straw bonnet with lace drapery which she raises from her face. In her dropped right hand she holds a huge (?) chinchilla muff. She is elegant, alluring, and assured."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Watermark: J. Whatman 1805.
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,
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 directed to the right, with head turned to the spectator. She wears a plain blue pelisse over a white dress, a straw bonnet with lace drapery which she raises from her face. In her dropped right hand she holds a huge (?) chinchilla muff. She is elegant, alluring, and assured."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., 1 print : etching ; sheet 23.7 x 17.8 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at top and bottom., and Bound in opposite page 16.
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,
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 directed to the right, with head turned to the spectator. She wears a plain blue pelisse over a white dress, a straw bonnet with lace drapery which she raises from her face. In her dropped right hand she holds a huge (?) chinchilla muff. She is elegant, alluring, and assured."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., 1 print : etching ; sheet 22.3 x 14.3 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted opposite page 12.
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; 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., Frontispiece to v.2 of: The investigation of the charges brought against His Royal Highness the Duke of York ... London : J. Stratford, 1809., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Text below title: Where, when, and from whom did the witness receive that letter! This instant, from one of the men about me! Examination, Feby. 9th., Window mounted to 25 x 20 cm., and Mounted opposite page 4.
Publisher:
Published by J. Stratford, 112 Holborn Hill
Subject (Name):
Clarke, Mary Anne, 1776?-1852,
Subject (Topic):
Witnesses, Mistresses, Bonnets, Muffs, and Correspondence
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
Description:
Title etched below image., Probably published around 1809, when a scandal involving Mary Ann Clarke and the Duke of York generated public interest and created a market for portraits of Mrs. Clarke., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Possibly issued as a book or periodical illustration., Window mounted to 25 x 20 cm., and Mounted opposite page 21.
"Mrs. Clarke stands behind the bar of the House of Commons holding up a flower-pot-shaped vessel (the pan of a commode) inscribed Opposition Stink Box. In her right hand she holds up its lid: Cover of Infamy. From this 'box' issue flames, smoke, and fanged serpents which dart towards and obscure the Royal Arms above the Speaker's chair. The House is seen from the left so that only a corner of the front bench is visible on the Ministerial side of the House, while the Opposition benches with a corner of the gallery above form the greater part of the background (right). Members of the Government hold their noses in disgust while the Opposition listen with avid delight, and the back-benchers wave their hats ecstatically. Only three Ministerialists are characterized: (left to right) Castlereagh, wearing a cocked hat, Canning, Perceval. On the right the four in the front rows to the right of Mrs. Clarke and closest to her are Petty, clasping his hat, Whitbread and Burdett behind him, and (behind Whitbread) Sheridan. Wilberforce (?) stands, waving his hat, Windham is in the second row. The serpents issuing from the 'box' are Calumny, Lies, Ingratitude, Deceit, Revenge, Forgery, Perjury. The commode (left) stands open, cylindrical and ornate, inscribed: Broad Bottom Reservoir. Round it bundles of documents are heaped: Forged Letters & Forged Answers from the Duke; Forged Orders; Forged Appointments; Scheme to destroy the House of Brunswick [see British Museum Satires No. 11234]; Commissions & Appointments for Sale to the best Bidder, Agents to conduct the Sale--Frome, Sanden, Dowler, Kennet, Donnovan, Corri; Love Letters from Mr Waddle [Wardle], Mr Finnerty, Gen Clamering [Clavering], Mr Maltby, Major Hogan; Private Communications from his Excell. The Morrocco Ambassador; Prices of Commissions in the Army, A Clarke Secy; List of Mrs Clarkes Pension[s] £1000 . . . Mrs. Clarke's dress is approximately correct (cf. British Museum Satires No. 11225), but her (white) hat is coloured blue, the length of the veil is exaggerated; her (profile) features are made coarser and bolder, and a patch (signifying disreputability) is added to her cheek."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., 1 print : etching and aquatint ; plate mark 36.2 x 26.1 cm, on sheet 36.9 x 27 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., and Bound in between third and fourth front flyleaves.
Publisher:
Publishd. Feby. 22d, 1809, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Clarke, Mary Anne, 1776?-1852, Canning, George, 1770-1827, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Perceval, Spencer, 1762-1812, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Windham, William, 1750-1810, Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, Lansdowne, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of, 1780-1863, Whitbread, Samuel, 1764-1815, and Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons,
Subject (Topic):
Legislative bodies, Politicians, Mistresses, Scandals, Snakes, Washstands, and Documents
"Mrs. Clarke stands behind the bar of the House of Commons holding up a flower-pot-shaped vessel (the pan of a commode) inscribed Opposition Stink Box. In her right hand she holds up its lid: Cover of Infamy. From this 'box' issue flames, smoke, and fanged serpents which dart towards and obscure the Royal Arms above the Speaker's chair. The House is seen from the left so that only a corner of the front bench is visible on the Ministerial side of the House, while the Opposition benches with a corner of the gallery above form the greater part of the background (right). Members of the Government hold their noses in disgust while the Opposition listen with avid delight, and the back-benchers wave their hats ecstatically. Only three Ministerialists are characterized: (left to right) Castlereagh, wearing a cocked hat, Canning, Perceval. On the right the four in the front rows to the right of Mrs. Clarke and closest to her are Petty, clasping his hat, Whitbread and Burdett behind him, and (behind Whitbread) Sheridan. Wilberforce (?) stands, waving his hat, Windham is in the second row. The serpents issuing from the 'box' are Calumny, Lies, Ingratitude, Deceit, Revenge, Forgery, Perjury. The commode (left) stands open, cylindrical and ornate, inscribed: Broad Bottom Reservoir. Round it bundles of documents are heaped: Forged Letters & Forged Answers from the Duke; Forged Orders; Forged Appointments; Scheme to destroy the House of Brunswick [see British Museum Satires No. 11234]; Commissions & Appointments for Sale to the best Bidder, Agents to conduct the Sale--Frome, Sanden, Dowler, Kennet, Donnovan, Corri; Love Letters from Mr Waddle [Wardle], Mr Finnerty, Gen Clamering [Clavering], Mr Maltby, Major Hogan; Private Communications from his Excell. The Morrocco Ambassador; Prices of Commissions in the Army, A Clarke Secy; List of Mrs Clarkes Pension[s] £1000 . . . Mrs. Clarke's dress is approximately correct (cf. British Museum Satires No. 11225), but her (white) hat is coloured blue, the length of the veil is exaggerated; her (profile) features are made coarser and bolder, and a patch (signifying disreputability) is added to her cheek."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Mounted on leaf 62 of volume 6 of 12.
Publisher:
Publishd. Feby. 22d, 1809, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Clarke, Mary Anne, 1776?-1852, Canning, George, 1770-1827, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Perceval, Spencer, 1762-1812, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Windham, William, 1750-1810, Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, Lansdowne, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of, 1780-1863, Whitbread, Samuel, 1764-1815, and Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons,
Subject (Topic):
Legislative bodies, Politicians, Mistresses, Scandals, Snakes, Washstands, and Documents
"Mrs. Clarke (left), more of a siren than in authentic portraits, sits indecorously on a sofa, while the Duke, with eyes tipsily closed, reclines against her, seated on the floor. She holds scissors and the Duke's long pigtail, which she has cut off and displays to two men who approach from the right, a military officer, probably Wardle, who puts his finger slyly to his nose, and a good-looking young civilian (? Folkestone). She says: "Gentlemen you may now take him with safety, his strength is gone, I have cut off his regulation tail, and there is no danger"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Samson asleep on the lap of Delilah
Description:
Title etched below item., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on one side., Plate number "71" lightly etched in upper right., 1 print : etching ; irregular sheet 17 x 22 cm, mounted to 20 x 25 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Imperfect; sheet trimmed closely around the figures of Mary Anne Clarke and the Duke of York, with the rest of the design and all text trimmed away., and Mounted on verso of fourth front flyleaf.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 19, 1809, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Clarke, Mary Anne, 1776?-1852, Radnor, William Pleydell-Bouverie, Earl of, 1779-1869, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Wardle, Gwyllym Lloyd, 1762?-1833, Samson (Biblical judge), and Delilah (Biblical figure)
Subject (Topic):
Mistresses, Sofas, Scissors & shears, Military officers, and British
"Mrs. Clarke (left), more of a siren than in authentic portraits, sits indecorously on a sofa, while the Duke, with eyes tipsily closed, reclines against her, seated on the floor. She holds scissors and the Duke's long pigtail, which she has cut off and displays to two men who approach from the right, a military officer, probably Wardle, who puts his finger slyly to his nose, and a good-looking young civilian (? Folkestone). She says: "Gentlemen you may now take him with safety, his strength is gone, I have cut off his regulation tail, and there is no danger"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Samson asleep on the lap of Delilah
Description:
Title etched below item., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on one side., Plate number "71" lightly etched in upper right., 1 print : etching ; sheet 23.5 x 33.2 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Bound in after title page.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 19, 1809, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Clarke, Mary Anne, 1776?-1852, Radnor, William Pleydell-Bouverie, Earl of, 1779-1869, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Wardle, Gwyllym Lloyd, 1762?-1833, Samson (Biblical judge), and Delilah (Biblical figure)
Subject (Topic):
Mistresses, Sofas, Scissors & shears, Military officers, and British
