Chelsea parade or a croaking member surveying the inside outside and backside of Mrs. Clarkes premises

Hand-colored etched caricature (by Rowlandson), published March 4, 1809; scene in street showing officer at right (Col. Wardle) about to enter bordello, horrified bishop (Duke of York), lawyer (William Adam) and Doctor O'Meara passing at left; Mrs. Clarke leaving by upstairs window, watched by John Crocker at left on roof (he cross examined Clarke during an investigation). Hand-colored etched caricature (by Rowlandson), published March 4, 1809; scene in street showing officer at right (Col. Wardle) about to enter bordello, horrified bishop (Duke of York), lawyer (William Adam) and Doctor O'Meara passing at left; Mrs. Clarke leaving by upstairs window, watched by John Crocker at left on roof (he cross examined Clarke during an investigation). Oblong medium folio, matted; margins trimmed; slightly soiled.

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Original record: Chelsea parade or a croaking member surveying the inside outside and backside of Mrs. Clarkes premises
Collection: Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection
Date(s): 1776 – 1852
Usage: Collection is open for research.
Rights Statement: No Copyright - United States
Creator(s): Rowlandson, Thomas, 1757-1827 (artist)
Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1846 (publisher)
Subject(s): Army
Caricatures
Caricatures and cartoons
Clarke, Mary Anne Thompson
Duke of York
Great Britain
Prostitution
Rowlandson
Type: still image

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