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Royal love letters
Title
Royal love letters [graphic].
Publication
[London] : Published by M.C. Springsguth, [approximately 1809]
Physical Description
1 print : etching ; plate mark 13.7 x 19 cm, on sheet 32.2 x 20 cm
Medium
laid paper hand-colored.
Notes
Title printed in letterpress below image.
Date of publication inferred from the inclusion of extracts from The authentic and impartial life of Mrs. Mary Anne Clarke, published in 1809.
Letterpress text beneath title begins: Pretty! Pretty! Mistress Clarke, None than I can love thee better; ... .
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Summary
Heading to a broadside printed in two columns. Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, is dressed in an officer's uniform and seated at a writing desk next to a window. He turns to gaze at a portrait of his mistress, Mary Anne Clark, on the wall behind him, which hangs next to another painting of Cupid with his bow and arrow. Printed below the illustration are a love poem and a quoted extract from a love letter, taken from the work 'The Authentic and Impartial Life of Mrs. Mary Anne Clarke' that was published after the Duke severed ties with her in 1809.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 05, 2022
Subjects
Genre/Form
Poems.
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1809.
Etchings - England - London - 1809.
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