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- Creator:
- Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 1831.
- Call Number:
- 831.02.00.11+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- 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., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by S. Gans, Southampton St., Strand, Fed
- Subject (Geographic):
- Poland, Poland., Russia., and Russia
- Subject (Topic):
- History, Grizzly bears, Soldiers, Foreign relations, and Daggers & swords
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Quite unbearable [graphic]