The bishop and his Clarke, or, A peep into paradise [graphic].

Published/Created:

[London]
Pubd. Febry. 26, 1809, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
[26 February 1809]

Copyright Date:

[26 February 1809]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 35 x 24.5 cm, on sheet 40 x 26 cm

Related Links:

Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 148

Notes:

Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
A possible earlier state lacking series number. Cf. No. 11227 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on one side.
Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966; Acquisitions no.: 966-12-10-20.
Mounted to 42 x 28 cm.

Abstract:

"The Duke of York and Mrs. Clarke in bed; his arm is round her neck, and he gazes at her, saying, "Ask any thing in reason and you shall have it my dearest dearest dearest Love". She answers: "Only remember the promotions I mentioned I have pinn'd up the list at the head of the Bed". Above their heads: 'List for Promotion-a Bishoprick for Dr O Leary, a Commissariat for Dicky Dowlas-A Generalship-Cl Clackwrng-A Majority-[?] 2d Lieutenant for my Foute Boy' [see British Museum Satires No. 11223]. At the foot of the bed are two chairs, one (left) a commode, on which is a large mitre, with a crosier behind it, on the other (right) are the Duke's breeches."--British Museum online catalogue.

Variant Titles:

Peep into paradise

Associated Names:

Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827 [Printmaker]
Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1845 [Publisher]

Topics:

Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley
Clarke, Mary Anne Thompson, 1776-1852
Crosiers
Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827
Harvey, Francis
Riviere & Son

Language:

English

Genre:

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

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

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Call Number:

809.02.26.02+

Orbis Record:

9149327

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr11138

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version

OID:

10964558

PID:

digcoll:974034