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Burning the books
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Burning the books

Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827 · April 21, 1809

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The edition of Mrs. Clarke's memoirs, the bombshell which threatened the aristocratic peace of mind, was purchased for a certain sum. In the print of "Burning the Books" the heroine of the scandal is holding up the terms of surrender and is directing the destruction of her eagerly-expected volumes, containing hundreds of letters from persons of quality, including the correspondence (supposed to have been destroyed) of the Duke of York.

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