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1. Here is Sir Francis Burdett who took care not to forgett ... [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [26 May 1809]
- Call Number:
- 809.05.26.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A series of six cartoons, with text parodying "The House that Jack Built", satirizing the scandal surrounding Mary Anne Clarke, former mistress of Frederick, duke of York, and her attempt to publish his love letters. In this print, the second in the series, Sir Francis Burnett, the Reverend O'Meara, William Dowler a witness in the trial, and the printer are all represented; the two other scenes depict the published volumes on the one hand and the destruction of the volumes in a fire
- Description:
- Title from from first of six boxed caricatures; series title from lower margin., Possibly by Rowlandson., Second of two plates., Numbered '89' in upper left corner., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted to 28 x 43 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. May 26, 1809 by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
- Subject (Name):
- Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, Clarke, Mary Anne Thompson, 1776-1852, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Wardle, Gwyllym Lloyd, 1762?-1833, Radnor, William Pleydell-Bouverie, Earl of, 1779-1869, O'Meara, Reverend, fl. 1809, and Dowler, William.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Here is Sir Francis Burdett who took care not to forgett ... [graphic].
