Title engraved below image., Printmaker from British Museum online catalogue., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with partial loss of the title., Annotations on mounting sheet identify George III and Pitt in the print., Temporary local subject terms: Lance -- Spurred boots., Mounted to 27 x 46 cm., and Ms. note on the mounting sheet: Malta surrendered to the English in Sept. 1800 after a blockade of two years ...
Publisher:
Pub. by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Malta.
Subject (Name):
Paul I, Emperor of Russia, 1754-1801, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
"Paul I, caricatured, stands full-face, his head turned in profile to the left, and looking up, arrogant and mean. He wears uniform with a star, two Crosses of the Order of the Knights of St. John, and a ribbon. (He had been elected Grand Master in Oct. 1798 by the Knights, exiled from Malta, who had sought refuge in Russia.) He wears a sash over his coat, the tails of which reach, beetle-like, to his heels. Under his right arm is a huge fringed cocked hat, in his gauntleted left hand he holds a walking-stick. He tramples on a tattered flag inscribed 'Vive l'Egalité'. A low horizon and clouds form a background. Near the upper margin is a Russian P enclosing I: symbol for Paul I."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Military uniforms: Russian uniform -- Flags: torn French flag.
Publisher:
Publishd. September 17th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street, London
"The Tsar, tall and well-made, very different from BMSat 9415, hurries forward, his ribbon and coat-tails fluttering. He wears a crown inscribed 'Disorder'; in his right hand is a paper: 'Order', in his left one inscribed 'Counter Order'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Attributed to Cruikshank in British Museum catalogue., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the eveg., Temporary local subject terms: Reference to Anglo-Russian campaign in Holland., Watermark: A. Stace 1798., and Mounted to 42 x 28 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. March 18, 1800, by S.W. Fores, No.50 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Russia.
Subject (Name):
Paul I, Emperor of Russia, 1754-1801
Subject (Topic):
Rulers, Second Coalition, War of the, 1798-1801, and Campaigns
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1801]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 28 Box D180
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The surface of a platform stretches across the design; on this Pitt (right), valiant but anxious, faces the massive Russian bear, Paul, behind whom stands a stout ferocious-looking Russian soldier (like a showman with a performing animal), nearsightedly reading a document: 'Be it known to all men, - that my master, - the most Magnanimous [see BMSat 9415] most puissant, most powerful and most wonderful great Bear of the north - being in his sound and sober senses - Challenges the Whole World to single combat - and commences his first trial of skill, here in Moorfields, after which it is his intention to persue his Travels, and visit every Court in Europe - Asia - Africa - and America'. The bear wears a plumed crown, a collar inscribed 'Paul Bruin', to which are attached the massive links of a chain. His drawn sword is 'Temper'd-á-lá-Suwarrow!' On his shield is a grotesque head with gaping mouth, and the inscription 'Swallow All O.' Pitt wears a plumed helmet and light armour. His sword is 'Temper'd á-lá Nelson', his shield is inscribed 'Howe', 'Duncan', 'Nelson', 'Jervaise' [St. Vincent], 'Warren', 'Parker'. The platform is surrounded by a dense and jovial crowd. The windows and roofs of the adjacent houses are crowded with tiny waving figures; a boy sits on the high wall before a bunding inscribed 'Moor Fields' and probably intended for Bedlam
Alternative Title:
Magnanimous Paul O! challenging all O
Description:
Title and date from Rowlandson print after this drawing., Attributed to Woodward., For the print based on this drawing see: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8, no. 9702., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Paul I, Emperor of Russia, 1754-1801, St. Vincent, John Jervis, Viscount, 1735-1823., Howe, Richard Howe, Earl, 1726-1799., Duncan of Camperdown, Adam Duncan, Viscount, 1731-1804., Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805., and Suvorov, Aleksandr Vasilʹevich, kni︠a︡zʹ Italiĭskiĭ, 1730-1800.
