Quite unbearable [graphic]

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Title: Quite unbearable [graphic]
Creator: Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Contributor: Gans, S., active 1829-1831, publisher.
Published / Created: 1831.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. by S. Gans, Southampton St., Strand, Fed
Abstract: A mustached Polish soldier dressed in a green military uniform drops his unsheathed saber and struggles under the weight of a massive grizzly bear (Russia) that straddles his back. Fallen on the floor are the soldier's hat and a staff of liberty inscribed 'Poland & Liberty'. A satirical treatment of the Polish-Russian War, 1830-1831 or the 'November Uprising'.
Description: Title from caption below image. The word "bear" in unbearable is underscored.
Imprint mostly burnished from plate.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Provenance: Jarndyce; January 2012.
Extent: 1 print : 29.2 x 37.5 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1831
Lithographs England London 1831
Material: lithograph ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Poland
Poland.
Russia.
Russia
Subject (Topic): History
Grizzly bears
Soldiers
Foreign relations
Daggers & swords
Subjects: Poland > History > Revolution, 1830-1832
Grizzly bears
Soldiers > Poland
Poland > Foreign relations > Russia
Russia > Foreign relations > Poland
Daggers & swords
Poland > History > 1830-1864
England > 1831
England > London > 1831

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