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
Alternative Title:
Private Cossack at full speed
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Augt. 1st, 1799, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
"The daughter of Count Platoff stands full face, erect, dashing, and alluring, on a snowy mound. Her right hand supports a spear from which floats a banner inscribed: 'I General Count Platoff. promise to give my Daughter in Marriage and 2000 Rubles - ...
Alternative Title:
Tit-bit for a Cossack and Platoff prize, for the head of Buonaparte
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Thos Tegg, 111 Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
Russia.
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 and Platov, Matveĭ Ivanovich, graf, 1751-1818.
Subject (Topic):
Caricatures and cartoons, Campaigns of 1813-1814, Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Campaigns, Cupid, Armies, British, Russian, and Women
"The Russian bear (left), standing on its hindlegs on the edge of a narrow stream, 'The Vistula', holds Napoleon in its forepaws. Talleyrand steps out of the stream on to the further bank (right), blowing a trumpet from which issues a billowing cloud ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. March, 1807 by Walker, No. 7 Cornhill
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 and Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de, prince de Bénévent, 1754-1838
Subject (Topic):
Eylau, Battle of, Bagrationovsk, Russia, 1807, National emblems, and Russian
"A bear (right), wearing Cossack trousers and an imperial crown surmounted by a double-headed eagle, runs off to the right. He carries a piece of mountainous country inscribed Greece on which kneels a tiny Greek in profile to the left, exclaiming Save...
Alternative Title:
Imperial bears grease or a peep into futurity
Description:
Title from caption below image; the letters "a" and "s" in the word "grease" are crossed out and the letters "e" and "c" etched above to form the word "Greece."
Publisher:
Pub. by T. McLean 26 Haymarket
Subject (Name):
Charles X, King of France, 1757-1836
Subject (Topic):
Russo-Turkish War, 1828-1829, Bears, Crowns, Sailors, British, National emblems, Russian, and Turkeys
"Heading to printed verses ... A man wearing a short fur-trimmed and frogged coat, with tight breeches and small tricorne, poses mincingly in a landscape with background of river, bridge, and fortified (Russian) town (right)."--British Museum online c...
Alternative Title:
River sprat-catcher
Description:
Title from text printed in letterpress below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Novr. 24, 1808, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Name):
Reynolds, Frederick, 1764-1841. and Fawcett, Mr. 1768-1837. (John),
Subject (Topic):
Hats, Rivers, Bridges, Forts & fortifications, Russian, and Theatrical productions
