Collection Items
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe moment of reflection or a tale for future times 1 print : etching, hand-colored. | Cartoon shows Catherine II horrified at the visions that beset her at the moment of death; a cloud entering at left depicts the many victims of her wrath; a skeleton, Death, stands behind her ready to plunge his spear and send her cloven-hoofed spirit into the hands of two grinning demons waiting in the flames of hell; a...- Contributor: Cruikshank, Isaac
- Date: 1796-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe Prussian prize-fighter and his allies attempting to tame imperial Kate, or, the state of the European bruisers 1 print : etching, hand-colored. | Cartoon shows Catherine II and Frederick William II as pugilists, stripped to the waist with fists raised, on either side stand other European heads of state (behind Prussia are George III standing with Holland, Selim III and Leopold II represent Turkey and Germany; behind Russia are Christian VII and Gustavus III representing Denmark and Sweden); other figures, reduced...- Date: 1791-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingRoyal recreation 1 print : etching, hand-colored. | 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...- Contributor: Cruikshank, Isaac
- Date: 1795-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe christian amazon, with her invincible target, Alias, the focus of genial rays, or Dian of the Rushes, to much for 300,000, Infidels. 1 print : etching with aquatint. | Cartoon shows Catherine II, as an amazon with sword raised and bearing a shield emblazoned with double-headed eagle, battling the Sultan, Selim III, attacking with a rifle fixed with bayonet; Joseph II, an ally, hides behind Catherine; an apish Louis XVI and the King of Spain stand to the side of the Sultan; in the background the...- Date: 1787-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingTaming of the shrew: -Katharine & Petruchio; -The modern Quixotte, or, what you will 1 print : etching, hand-colored. | Cartoon shows Catherine II, faint and shying away from William Pitt, who appears as Petruchio, and Don Quixote on horseback (a lean and scarred George III whose authority has been usurped by Pitt), seated behind Pitt are the King of Prussia and a figure representing Holland as Sancho Panza, Selim III kneels to kiss the horse's tail; a...- Contributor: Gillray, James
- Date: 1791-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingSaint Catharine and St. George 1 print : etching, hand-colored. | Cartoon shows Potemkin addressing a man identified as "Sweden" with his back to Catherine II as she suggestively mounts St. George who is dressed as a knight representing George III.- Date: 1791-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingDesign for the new gallery of busts and pictures -"and so far will I trust thee gentle Kate" -Henry 4th, part 1st / 1 print : etching. | Cartoon shows interior view of a portrait gallery with busts of Demosthenes and Cicero, both frowning, and between them a bust of Charles J. Fox; hanging on the wall above are two prints showing Catherine II of Russia, in one, titled Justice, she is about to stab a sultan, in the other, Moderation, she is facing a map of...- Contributor: Gillray, James
- Date: 1792-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe Polish plumb-cake 1 print : engraving ; sheet 20.4 x 13.7 cm, on mount 21.1 x 14.3 cm. | Cartoon shows Joseph II and Frederick II with swords drawn, Catherine II holding a cleaver, and Louis XV with a knife, seated around a table on which rests a partitioned cake, representing Poland, each monarch getting a separate, but not equal share; in the background on the...- Contributor: Lodge, John
- Date: 1774-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingAn English hobby horse, or, who pays the piper? 1 print : etching. | Cartoon shows Catherine II, with orb and scepter, seated on the shoulders of Leopold II who is seated on the back of a stumbling bull; seated behind him are George III, Frederick William II and a man representing Holland; in the background, William Pitt is about to strike a British citizen with a rod while chastising him for complaining...- Date: 1791-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe Russian bear and her invincible rider encountering the British legion 1 print : etching, hand-colored. | Cartoon shows Potemkin, with sword raised overhead and wearing hussar's uniform, riding Catherine the Great who is dressed as a black bear, they approach George III and his ministers, Pitt, Salisbury, and Thurlow, who are carrying spears, three of which have had their points broken off; behind them stand two bishops.- Date: 1791-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingPicture of Europe for July 1772 1 print : etching ; plate 11.3 x 17.7 cm, sheet 12.2 x 19 cm, on mount 12.9 x 19.7 cm. | Cartoon shows Catherine II, Joseph II, and Frederick II seated at table on which rests a map of Poland; standing behind them and looking over their shoulders are Charles III and Louis XV, still further back, asleep on a throne is George...- Date: 1772-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe genius of France extirpating despotism tyranny & oppression from the face of the earth Or the royal warriors defeated 1 print : etching, hand-colored. | Cartoon shows a woman wearing a liberty cap, representing the genius of France, holding a cat-o'-nine-tails in one hand and the reins of a donkey in the other; on this donkey and another bucking in the background are several monarchs identified as Prussia, Germany, Russia, Sweden, Brunswick, Turkey, Spain, and, falling to the ground, China; Louis XVI lies...- Contributor: Cruikshank, Isaac
- Date: 1792-01-01
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CollectionCartoon Prints, British The Prints and Photographs Division holds one of the largest collections of British political and satirical prints in America. The approximately 9,000 prints (approximately 8,500 distinct images) in the collection highlight British political life, society, fashion, manners, and theater. They were published primarily between 1780 and 1830, an era dominated by the prodigious talents and prolific efforts of such famous caricaturists as James Gillray...- Date: 1620
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