A standing toast in the Army

Hand-colored etched caricature (after I. Cruikshank), published March 17, 1809; officers standing around table drinking toast with upraised arms.The officer at the head of the table gives the toast: "Our Old Friend Mrs Clarke". The others exclaim: "Mrs Clarke!", one saying "Aye-Aye Mrs Clarke for ever D------me". Hand-colored etched caricature (after I. Cruikshank), published March 17, 1809; officers standing around table drinking toast with upraised arms.The officer at the head of the table gives the toast: "Our Old Friend Mrs Clarke". The others exclaim: "Mrs Clarke!", one saying "Aye-Aye Mrs Clarke for ever D------me". Oblong medium folio, matted; margins severely trimmed; clean. London, Maggs, 1953.