A piece offering!! [graphic].

Creator:

Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.

Copyright Date:

[22 April 1809]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 22 x 30.7 cm

Notes:

Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Title etched below image.

Abstract:

"Mrs. Clarke kneels on one knee in profile to the left, extending her arms towards a sacrificial pile of burning books, and looking up at an irradiated sun containing a profile bust portrait of the Duke of York. The books are on a rectangular altar, 'The Alter of Repentance', with classical mouldings, the corners being satyrs' heads. The books are inscribed 'Life of Mrs Clarke' and 'Memoirs'; with them are burning papers inscribed 'Love'; 'Darling'; 'Love Letter'. A mass of flame ascends to merge with the rays from the sun, from which the Duke looks down benevolently at Mrs. Clarke; she says, "Thus perish all that gives my Darling pain". She wears feathers and drapery in her hair."--British Museum online catalogue.

Topics:

Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Clarke, Mary Anne Thompson,--1776-1852--Caricatures and cartoons.
Frederick Augustus,--Prince, Duke of York and Albany,--1763-1827--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1845, publisher.

Language:

English

Genre:

Etchings--England--London--1809.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1809.

Format:

Image

Rights:

The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Access Restrictions:

Public

Call Number:

Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 10

Orbis Record:

12951621

Yale Collection:

Beinecke Library

Digital Collection:

General Collection, BRBL, Yale University

oid pointer:

11792982

Citation:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8, no. 11316
Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 159

Extent of digitization:

Complete folder digitized.

OID:

11792929

PID:

digcoll:3997089