Chevalier de l'Etoil Polaire [graphic][7 March 1773]eng"The standing figure of a man whose head is that of a double-headed animal, to the left an ass, to the right a bear. With his left hand (which also holds a whip) he leads an elephant whose head and trunk appear from the right. His right hand rests on the pinnacle of a Chinese pagoda ornamented with dragons. Suspended round his neck is the figure of a bear showing that he has the Swedish order of the Polar Star."--British Museum online catalogue"A satire on Sir William Chambers, illustrating in detail Mason's 'Heroic Epistle to Sir William Chambers, Knight,...' which had just appeared, and opens 'Knight of the Polar Star'; it is both a political satire and an attack on Chambers' Dissertation on Oriental Gardening and on the Chinese pagoda which he had built at Kew for the Princess Dowager of Wales ..."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogueTitle etched at top of image.Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.Four lines of verse below image: From north to the south I came forth right, by favor in duplici modo a knight ...Plate numbered "v. 6" in upper left corner and "11" in upper right corner.For an earlier state without numbering, see no. 5157 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.Temporary local subject terms: Animals: Ass -- Buildings: Chinese pagoda.