The sublime porte pacified [graphic].

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Title: The sublime porte pacified [graphic].
Published / Created: [approximately 1829]
Publication Place: London?
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: Tzar Nicolas I, depicted as a crowned bear, hugs Sultan Mahmud II, causing him to drop his sword; the Duke of Wellington tries to restrain the Russian. A commentary on the Russian successes in the Russo-Turkish War, which ended with the Treaty of Adrianople of 14 September 1829 that gave Russia most of the eastern shore of the Black Sea and the mouth of the Danube. Mahmud was also forced to recognise Greek independence
Description: Title etched below image.
Dated from the events being satirized.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Provenance: Grosvenor Prints; June 2024.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 23 x 33 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1829
Etchings England London 1829
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Nicholas I, Emperor of Russia, 1796-1855
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Mahmud II, Sultan of the Turks, 1784-1839
Subject (Topic): Daggers & swords
Sultans
Bears
Crowns
Subjects: Nicholas I, Emperor of Russia, 1796-1855 > Caricatures and cartoons
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852 > Caricatures and cartoons
Mahmud II, Sultan of the Turks, 1784-1839 > Caricatures and cartoons
Daggers & swords
Sultans
Bears
Crowns
England > 1829
England > London > 1829