Royal recreation [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Royal recreation [graphic].
- Creator
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Contributor
- Fores, S. W., publisher.
- Published / Created
- [7 January 1795]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pub. January 7, 1795, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
- Abstract
-
"Catherine II, seated on the throne, eagerly receives the heads of Poles offered to her by a ferocious-looking officer. Three attendants advance behind him with baskets filled with heads of young women and children; the foremost kneels, holding out his basket, the next carries a basket on his shoulders; above it flies a demon. On the extreme right, on a pedestal, is the bust of Fox by Nollekens (see BMSat 7902), looking wryly over his right shoulder at the Empress. The officer, Suvóroff, holds out by the hair to the Empress three heads, one of which she touches with a finger. His sleeves are rolled up; in his left hand is a bunch of heads, under his left arm a long bloody sword and a document: 'Articles of Capitulation Warsaw'. On his short top-boots are enormous spurs. He says: "Thus my Royal Mistress have I fulfilled in the fullest extent your Tender Affectionate & Maternal Commission to those Deluded People of Poland, & have brought you the Pickings of Ten Thousand Heads tenderly detached from their deluded bodies the Day after Capitulation." The Empress answers: "My Dear General you have well Executed your Commission; but could not you prevail on any of the Polish Women to Poison their Husbands?" (An allusion to the murder of Peter III, cf. BMSat 8072.) To the demon she says: "Go my little Ariel & prepare our Altars for these pretty Sacrifices, we must have te Deum on the Occasion." The demon, a nude bat-winged creature, says: "Bravo this outdoes the Poison Scene." The Empress wears ermine-trimmed robes and holds a sceptre, but does not (as usual) wear a crown. Beside her (left) lies a bear, only the head and forepaws being visible."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark on three sides.
Later state with addition of letter 's' in 'heads' in Suvorov's speech balloon.
Temporary local subject terms: Reference to the Battle of Warsaw, November 1794.
Matted to 47 x 63 cm.; printmaker's and subjects' names printed on mat below image.
Printseller's stamp in lower right corner: S.W.F. - Provenance
- Maggs; August 1964; From Minto Wilson collection with his stamp on verso.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 26 x 38 cm
- Edition
- [Later state with addition of 's' in heads].
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 795.01.07.01.2+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1795
Etchings England London 1795 - Material
- etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
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Praga (Warsaw, Poland)
Russia - Subject (Name)
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Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796
Suvorov, Aleksandr Vasilʹevich, kni︠a︡zʹ Italiĭskiĭ, 1730-1800
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 - Subject (Topic)
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History
Massacres - Subjects
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Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796 > Caricatures and cartoons
Suvorov, Aleksandr Vasilʹevich, kni︠a︡zʹ Italiĭskiĭ, 1730-1800 > Caricatures and cartoons
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Praga (Warsaw, Poland)
Russia > History > Catherine II, 1762-1796
Massacres
England > 1795
England > London > 1795
Fores, S. W.
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
- 8267605
- Object ID (OID)
- 11019082