<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>Royal love letters [graphic].</dc:title><dc:date>[approximately 1809]</dc:date><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:description>Heading to a broadside printed in two columns. Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, is dressed in an officer's uniform and seated at a writing desk next to a window. He turns to gaze at a portrait of his mistress, Mary Anne Clark, on the wall behind him, which hangs next to another painting of Cupid with his bow and arrow. Printed below the illustration are a love poem and a quoted extract from a love letter, taken from the work 'The Authentic and Impartial Life of Mrs. Mary Anne Clarke' that was published after the Duke severed ties with her in 1809</dc:description><dc:description>Title printed in letterpress below image.</dc:description><dc:description>Date of publication inferred from the inclusion of extracts from The authentic and impartial life of Mrs. Mary Anne Clarke, published in 1809.</dc:description><dc:description>Letterpress text beneath title begins: Pretty! Pretty! Mistress Clarke, None than I can love thee better; ... .</dc:description><dc:description>Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>