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., and Mounted on recto of first front flyleaf.
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 Mary Anne Clarke; bust length, head in profile to right; in classical dress with headband; vignette."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a proof state
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., Frontispiece to v.1 of: Clarke, M.A. The rival princes; or, A faithful narrative of facts ... London : Printed for the author, and published by C. Chapple, 1810., With the signature of Mary Anne Clarke in ink below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom., and Mounted on verso of second front flyleaf.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs Feby. 1st, 1810, by T. Gillet, Crown Court, Fleet Street
Portrait of Mary Anne Clarke; whole length, seated to the left on a couch, head in profile; holding an open book at her side in her left hand; wearing a loose fitting gown and a turban with a long veil that covers her upper arm; a large window in the background
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., 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 with possible loss of text., and Mounted between pages 12 and 13.
"View of York House [now Lancaster House] from the park, St James's; soldiers and figures in park."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Following Crace, the British Museum online catalogue (registration no.: 1880,1113.2126) suggests a publication date of 1826. However, the reference in the title to "the late Duke of York" suggests a date following his death in 1827, while the further reference to the house still being under construction ("now erecting") suggests a date before its completion in 1838., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement from bottom edge. Imprint supplied from impression in the British Museum., and Mounted on page 4, beneath the printed text.
Publisher:
Published by S. Robinson, Chapter House Passge [sic], Paternoster Row
Subject (Name):
Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827. and Lancaster House (London, England),
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., and Mounted on recto of third front flyleaf.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Clarke, Mary Anne, 1776?-1852 and Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827
"Mrs. Clarke (left) and Mrs. Carey (right) (see British Museum Satires No. 11050) berate each other; both wear evening dress, with feathers in their hair, those of Mrs. Carey being the taller. The Duke, wearing regimentals, watches the quarrel, equally distant from both. Mrs. Clarke, arms akimbo, says: "Why how now Madam Carey, although you are so Warey In saveing of your cash, John Bull and I we both will try, And settle all your hash." [see 1803 Isaac Cruikshank print for an earlier use of this phrase, BM impression 1868,0808.7141/ PPA108823] Mrs. Carey retorts: "Why how now Madam Clarke------ Why since you thus can chatter------ And thus betray your spark------ I wonder whats the matter with, you, Madam Clarke!!" The Duke looks at Mrs. Clarke, stopping his ears, a leg raised in angry protest; he says: "Zounds! the thunder of Valencienes was Music to this". Behind Mrs. Clarke is a cockatoo on a high perch, screaming: "go it! go it"; a chair has been overturned, and a mastiff, its collar inscribed 'John Bull', barks at the Duke. A small dog behind Mrs. Carey also barks. She stands with her back to the fire. On the chimney-piece a china Cupid aims his arrow at a heart on the trunk of a tree."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Rival queens, or, A scene in The beggars opera and Scene in The beggars opera
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., 1 print : etching ; sheet 23.4 x 33.3 cm., Printed on laid paper with watermark "T. Edmonds 1817.", Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Bound in between pages 18 and 19.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 1809 by Walker, Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Clarke, Mary Anne, 1776?-1852, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, and Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757.
Subject (Topic):
Military officers, British, Mistresses, Quarreling, Headdresses, Cockatoos, Dogs, and Fireplaces
"Mrs. Clarke (left) and Mrs. Carey (right) (see British Museum Satires No. 11050) berate each other; both wear evening dress, with feathers in their hair, those of Mrs. Carey being the taller. The Duke, wearing regimentals, watches the quarrel, equally distant from both. Mrs. Clarke, arms akimbo, says: "Why how now Madam Carey, although you are so Warey In saveing of your cash, John Bull and I we both will try, And settle all your hash." [see 1803 Isaac Cruikshank print for an earlier use of this phrase, BM impression 1868,0808.7141/ PPA108823] Mrs. Carey retorts: "Why how now Madam Clarke------ Why since you thus can chatter------ And thus betray your spark------ I wonder whats the matter with, you, Madam Clarke!!" The Duke looks at Mrs. Clarke, stopping his ears, a leg raised in angry protest; he says: "Zounds! the thunder of Valencienes was Music to this". Behind Mrs. Clarke is a cockatoo on a high perch, screaming: "go it! go it"; a chair has been overturned, and a mastiff, its collar inscribed 'John Bull', barks at the Duke. A small dog behind Mrs. Carey also barks. She stands with her back to the fire. On the chimney-piece a china Cupid aims his arrow at a heart on the trunk of a tree."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Rival queens, or, A scene in The beggars opera and Scene in The beggars opera
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 1809 by Walker, Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Clarke, Mary Anne, 1776?-1852, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, and Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757.
Subject (Topic):
Military officers, British, Mistresses, Quarreling, Headdresses, Cockatoos, Dogs, and Fireplaces
"Mrs. Clarke auctions commissions from a rostrum to a crowd of bidders, while the Duke of York acts as her clerk. All are unconscious of a net in which they are enclosed, and with which the Devil flies off into flames (right). Mrs. Clarke (right), in profile to the left, with raised hammer, holds out a paper headed Commission. She says: Going for no more than £500 a Commission Positively worth 5000. An officer, probably Dowler, see British Museum satires no. 11253, holds out his arms towards her, saying, my dear dear dear Angel Knock it down to me or I am ruin'd. Another says: Let the good Bishop [the Duke, see British Museum satires no. 11227] have the Game & we my Boy will have the Cream. The other applicants are in civilian dress; one says to the bidder: my dear fellow dont be so anxious for depend upon it these tricks will be Found out & all will be Lost. The Duke of York, in uniform, records the bids in a book, his pen resting on the figure 500. He says Thus am I content to record & ratify the Destruction of the Army, my Country & myself, rather than loose my dear DARLING to [cf. British Museum satires no. 11228]. The Devil looks over his shoulder at Mrs. Clarke to say with a baleful grin: Going, Going Gon you may now say, for I have You tight enough my dear Honey."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Celebrated Clarke, exalted to the pulpit by the humility of a royal bishop
Description:
Title etched below image., Four lines verse below title: Who for the tricks he has done in the dark, is content to be his darling Clark's clerk. And to cure her from being more love sick, has given her a royal dukes bishopric., Sheet trimmed to plate mark at top., 1 print : etching ; sheet 24.6 x 34.9 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Bound in between pages 8 and 9.
Publisher:
Pubd. 22nd April 1809 by J.H. Warl, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Clarke, Mary Anne, 1776?-1852 and Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827
Subject (Topic):
Political corruption, History, Sex, Political aspects, Corruption, Military officers, British, Auctions, Nets, and Devil
"Mrs. Clarke auctions commissions from a rostrum to a crowd of bidders, while the Duke of York acts as her clerk. All are unconscious of a net in which they are enclosed, and with which the Devil flies off into flames (right). Mrs. Clarke (right), in profile to the left, with raised hammer, holds out a paper headed Commission. She says: Going for no more than £500 a Commission Positively worth 5000. An officer, probably Dowler, see British Museum satires no. 11253, holds out his arms towards her, saying, my dear dear dear Angel Knock it down to me or I am ruin'd. Another says: Let the good Bishop [the Duke, see British Museum satires no. 11227] have the Game & we my Boy will have the Cream. The other applicants are in civilian dress; one says to the bidder: my dear fellow dont be so anxious for depend upon it these tricks will be Found out & all will be Lost. The Duke of York, in uniform, records the bids in a book, his pen resting on the figure 500. He says Thus am I content to record & ratify the Destruction of the Army, my Country & myself, rather than loose my dear DARLING to [cf. British Museum satires no. 11228]. The Devil looks over his shoulder at Mrs. Clarke to say with a baleful grin: Going, Going Gon you may now say, for I have You tight enough my dear Honey."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Celebrated Clarke, exalted to the pulpit by the humility of a royal bishop
Description:
Title etched below image., Four lines verse below title: Who for the tricks he has done in the dark, is content to be his darling Clark's clerk. And to cure her from being more love sick, has given her a royal dukes bishopric., Sheet trimmed to plate mark at top., and Mounted on linen and formerly sewn in an album, with only the holes remaining on the left edge. Also numbered in pencil on verso: PM-02-17-Hi. HE $800.
Publisher:
Pubd. 22nd April 1809 by J.H. Warl, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Clarke, Mary Anne, 1776?-1852 and Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827
Subject (Topic):
Political corruption, History, Sex, Political aspects, Corruption, Military officers, British, Auctions, Nets, and Devil
"Mrs. Clarke stands just within the House of Commons triumphing over her opponents and victims. She strikes a member (Croker) with a rapier, while holding up in her left hand a letter headed My dear Mrs Clark. She tramples on a military officer who lies prone; a paper under his hand is inscribed Genl [Clav]ering. Her antagonists have dropped their swords, which lie broken on the floor. Her large muff lies beside her with a bundle of Love Letters. Croker tries to escape, exclaiming, By Jasus she'll give us 100 Cuts in 60 thrusts. Perceval rushes off, with a mutilated hand, saying, I am Struck dumb, and lost my thumb! I Percieve all. Another (the Attorney-General) exclaims: Oh! dear! Oh dear! she has cut off my Ear Ex officio. A little man whose nose has been cut off, exclaims: What dreadfull blows--Witness my Nose, my Honeys. In his pocket is a paper: Memorandum for Mr Hague [see British Museum Satires No. 11211]. A tall man (Yorke, see British Museum Satires No. 11535) shouts, raising his arms: Take her into custody--She will be to much for us--send her to York Jail. Shadowy figures watch the encounter. A corner of the gallery is seen, crowded with eager spectators. Two men watch from the lobby (right)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at top and bottom., 1 print : etching ; sheet 24.2 x 34.4 cm., Printed on laid paper; hand-colored., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., With ink annotation "1 Mar. 1809" in lower right corner., and Bound in between pages 10 and 11.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 1st, 1809, by Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Clarke, Mary Anne, 1776?-1852, Croker, John Wilson, 1780-1857, Perceval, Spencer, 1762-1812, Yorke, Charles Philip, 1764-1834, Gibbs, Vicary, Sir, 1751-1820, Clavering, Henry Mordaunt, 1759-1850., and Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons,
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Fighting, Daggers & swords, Military officers, British, Wounds & injuries, and Muffs
