print;
satirical print
- Museum number
- 1868,0808.7758
- Title
- Object: The statue to be disposed of.
- Description
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The Duke of York, in uniform and wearing his cocked hat, but without a sword, stands in back view on a low rectangular pedestal facing the corner of Mrs. Clarke's house in 'Gloucester Place' [cf. No. 11222, &c.]. The door is partly visible on the extreme left with a door-plate inscribed '[Cla]rke'. On the wall facing the Duke is a placard: 'The Statue on the outside having been thorougly repaired and white Wash'd is to be sold by private Contract—for farther particulars enquire within'. On the right a billposter is putting up a second placard: 'Johnstons Cheap Caricature Warehouse N° 101 Cheapside A New Caricature on Mrs C------ke every Day Price One Shilling & Two each'. Beside him a newsboy blows his horn.
12 March 1809.
Hand-coloured etching
- Production date
- 1809
- Dimensions
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Height: 345 millimetres
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Width: 245 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- (Description and comment from M. Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VIII, 1947)
See No. 11216, &c. The Duke's dismissal or resignation is anticipated, cf. No. 11276.
In the publication line and on the poster the name 'Johnston' is written in pen, Tegg's name having been erased. Similarly, on both, 'in' (Cheap-side) has been altered to '101', and on the latter the words '& Two' have been added in pen.
Grego, 'Rowlandson', ii. 153.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1868
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1868,0808.7758
