Title etched below image., Print signed using an imitation of William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Copy of a print by William Heath that was published by T. McLean in April 1829. See no. 15732 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 11., and Matted to: 45 x 32 cm.
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., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Nicholas I, Emperor of Russia, 1796-1855, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, and Mahmud II, Sultan of the Turks, 1784-1839
Title from caption below image., Print signed using an imitation of William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Imprint continues: ... (sole publisher of P. Prys caricatures)., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Watermark: Not bleached.
Title from caption below image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Imprint continues: ... sole publisher of Paul Prys caricatuers, none are original without McLeans name., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Popery -- Reference to Constitution -- Ornate staves -- Personification of Hibernia -- Emblems -- Pope's triple crown., and Numbered in ms. at top of sheet: 170.
Publisher:
Pub. June 5th, 1829, by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket ...
Subject (Name):
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, and Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838
Design consists of three panels arranged horizontally, each with its own title and caption etched below; the left panel is entitled "Faith", the center panel is entitled "Hope", and the right panel is entitled "Charity".
Description:
Title from text above images., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Medicines -- Sickness -- Fishing -- Rain -- Beggar.
Publisher:
Pubd. Decr. 5th, 1829, by S. Gans, Southampton Street
Title from caption below image., Print signed using an unidentified artist's device: A quadrisected circle with a dot in each quadrant., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title from text above image., Two lines of verse below image: Rich in luxuriance, tender, sweetly mild. And just between the woman and the child!, and Watermark: 1829.
Title from caption below image., Print signed using an unidentified artist's device: A stout man wearing a hat., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Kite -- Boys -- Trousers., and Watermark: 1829.
"Portrait group of the Society of Artists; men gathered around a table in a fine interior, some seated, attended by servants; with portraits of Grinling Gibbons, William Kent, John Michael Rysbrack, Gawen Hamilton, Marcellus Laroon, Michael Dahl, John Vanderbanck, and Charles Bridgman; a landscape painting on wall in background, a curtain to the right, after Hogarth."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Society of Artists
Description:
Title etched below image. and Dobson. Hogarth, 1902, p. 233.
Publisher:
Published May 1, 1829 by W.B. Tiffin, 3, Hay Market
Title from caption below image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Imprint continues: ... where political & other caricatuers are daily publishing., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Partial watermark.
