The magnanimous ally painted at Petersburg. [graphic]

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Title: The magnanimous ally painted at Petersburg. [graphic]
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [20 January 1799]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publishd. Jany. 20th, 1801, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street, London
Abstract: "The tattered flag ('Vive l'Egalité), on which stands Paul, grotesque, mean, and arrogant, has been altered to a torn paper: 'Treaty of Alliance'. The background is the sea with on the horizon (right) a castellated Malta flying the British flag. Above the design: 'Mens turpe [sic], Corpore turpi.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Reissue, with alterations, of a print originally published 17 September 1799. Cf. No. 9415 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Mounted on leaf 13 of volume 10 of 12.
Provenance: From a collection in twelve volumes probably compiled by Francis Harvey and sold at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 34.2 x 26 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1799
Etchings England London 1801
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Paul I, Emperor of Russia, 1754-1801
Subjects: Paul I, Emperor of Russia, 1754-1801 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1799
England > London > 1801
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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