The polish dwarf performing before the Grand Seignior [graphic]

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Title: The polish dwarf performing before the Grand Seignior [graphic]
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
Contributor: Jackson, Elizabeth, publisher.
Published / Created: [March 1786]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd March 1786 by E. Jackson, No. 14 Marylebone Street, Golden Square
Abstract: "Boruwlaski or Boruslawski (left) plays the violin, he stands (left) before an immense Turk (right) seated on the floor, an arm round each of two ladies of the harem who recline against him. The Sultan (Abdul Hamid) smokes a long pipe. Behind him stand two fierce-looking guards. In the background three other ladies listen rapturously to the slim, erect, and well-dressed dwarf, who is in marked contrast with the massive Turk and the voluptuous ladies of the seraglio. A draped canopy completes the design."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Plate originally published in 1781. Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, pages 186-187.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint statement. Imprint supplied from British Museum catalogue.
Watermark.
Mounted to 23.3 x 30.7 cm.
Provenance: Sanders; March 1960;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 232 x 307 mm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1781
Etchings England London 1786
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Turkey.
Subject (Name): Borusławski, Józef, 1739-1837
Abdülhamid I, Sultan of the Turks, 1725-1789
Subject (Topic): Ethnic stereotypes
Sultans
Harems
Guards
Dwarfs
Violins
Pipes (Smoking)
Subjects: Borusławski, Józef, 1739-1837 > Caricatures and cartoons
Abdülhamid I, Sultan of the Turks, 1725-1789 > Caricatures and cartoons
Ethnic stereotypes
Sultans > Turkey
Harems
Guards
Dwarfs
Violins
Pipes (Smoking)
England > 1781
England > London > 1786
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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