Field-Marshall Count Suwarrow-Romniskoy [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Field-Marshall Count Suwarrow-Romniskoy [graphic]
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [23 May 1799]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. May 23d, 1799, by H. Humphrey, St. Jamess [sic] Street
- Abstract
-
"Whole length caricature portrait. Suvóroff stands gazing into space with fierce melancholy, right hand on the hilt of a sabre dripping with blood, left hand on his hip. He has Kalmuck features, a bald head with a sabre-cut, moustaches. He wears a fur-bordered tunic and fur-topped boots with heavy spurs; a fur-lined cloak hangs from his shoulders. A miniature is suspended from a button. The smoke from a burning town on the horizon (right) slants across the background. Beneath the title: '"This extraordinary Man is now in the prime of life, - Six Feet, Ten Inches in height; - never \ "tastes either Wine or Spirits; takes but one Meal a day; " & every Morning plunges into an Ice Bath; - \ "his Wardrobe consists of a plain Shirt, a White Waistcoat & Breeches, short Boots, & a Russian Cloak; \ "he wears no covering on his head either by day or night - when tired, he wraps himself up in \ "a Blanket & sleeps in the open air; - he has fought 29 pitched Battles, & been in 75 Engagements" - See Vienna Gazzette.'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
The drawing is fictitious.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Male dress: fur trimmed Russian tunic -- Sabres -- Miniatures suspended from button of tunic -- War destruction and pillage -- Newspapers: reference to Vienna Gazette. - Provenance
- Old Print Shop ; 1961.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 35 x 24 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 799.05.23.03
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1799
Etchings England London 1799 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Suvorov, Aleksandr Vasilʹevich, kni︠a︡zʹ Italiĭskiĭ, 1730-1800
- Subjects
-
Suvorov, Aleksandr Vasilʹevich, kni︠a︡zʹ Italiĭskiĭ, 1730-1800 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1799
England > London > 1799
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8191434
- Object ID (OID)
- 10941368