BM11224-church-promotion-1809
identifier:
BM11224-church-promotion-1809
title:
Church Promotion, or how to scale a Pulpit!
date:
February 25, 1809
description:
O'Meara, viewed from the back, climbs a ladder which Mrs. Clarke) and the Duke of York hold against a pulpit. In his pocket is a paper: 'A Sermon for Royalty'. He grasps the cushioned top of the pulpit with both hands, as if to haul himself up. Neither Mrs. Clarke nor the Duke is caricatured, both are in profile. She wears no hat, but a long white veil hangs from her head. A reticule filled with coins hangs from her arm. It is inscribed 'Indispensible'. He wears uniform with cocked hat and sword. An empty gallery stretches across the background on a level with the high pulpit. Source: George.
description:
British Museum #11224
format:
36 cm x 25 cm
type:
Paper
type:
Etching, hand-colored
coverage:
London, England
relation:
LUCA2019.16 1809
subject:
Mary Anne Clarke
subject:
Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany and Bishop of Osnabruck
subject:
Reverend O'Meara
subject:
Church of England
subject:
Satire
subject:
Great Britain
creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac
relation:
Michalak Collection
source:
Loyola University Chicago Archives and Special Collections