A private Cosack at full speed [graphic].

Description

Title: A private Cosack at full speed [graphic].
Alternative Title: Private Cossack at full speed
Contributor: Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [1 August 1799]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Augt. 1st, 1799, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Abstract: A man in Cossack uniform and holding a lance races on horseback towards the right as he looks behind to the left. In the distance a group of other Cossacks charge ahead, some with raised spears
Description: Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
One of the series of prints depicting Suvorov's Russian Army.
Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Prints & drawings lent to copy.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. viii;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 25.1 x 35.3 cm
Language: English

Genre: Etchings England London 1799
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Cavalry
Lancers
Russian
Uniforms
Subjects: Cavalry
Lancers > Russian
Uniforms > Russian
England > London > 1799

Access: Public
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