TITLE: Royal recreation CALL NUMBER: PC 1 - 8607 (B size) [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZC4-6755 (color film copy transparency)LC-USZ62-123028 (b&w film copy neg.) RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication. SUMMARY: Cartoon shows Catherine II seated on a throne receiving the decapitated heads of the people of Poland from the military officer in charge of the Russian forces during the defeat of Poles in 1794; other men bring in baskets overflowing with heads; a bust of Charles Fox, in the lower right corner, observes the scene from over his right shoulder. MEDIUM: 1 print : etching, hand-colored. CREATED/PUBLISHED: London : Pub. by S.W. Fores, 1795 January 7. CREATOR: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1756?-1811?, artist. NOTES: Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress). Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 8607 Exhibit loan 4161-L. SUBJECTS: Catherine--II,--Empress of Russia,--1729-1796--Death & burial. Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806. Decapitations--1790-1800. International relations--Poland--1790-1800. International relations--Russia--1790-1800. FORMAT: Cartoons (Commentary) British 1790-1800.Etchings Hand-colored 1770-1780. REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID: (color film copy transparency) cph 3g06755 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g06755 (b&w film copy neg.) cph 3c23028 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c23028 CONTROL #: 99404780
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