Title from caption below center image., Ten designs on one plate, three of which have individual titles., One print in a series. Variant series name on one other print: General rules for the art of tormenting., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pub. March 30, 1831, for W. Heath at 56 Quadrant Regent Street
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
Title from text above images., Printmaker and date of publication from later prints in series., Fifteen small designs on one plate., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: J. Whatman Turkey Mill 1830.
Title from text above images., Printmaker and date of publication from later prints in series., Sixteen small designs on one plate., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title from text above images., Printmaker and date of publication from later prints in series., Fifteen small designs on one plate., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title from text above images., Fourteen small designs on one plate., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title from text above images., Twelve small designs on one plate., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Three caricatured heads surrounded by the words of the title which are formed by etched human figures in various poses and other scenes showing figures from a variety of trades (including a dustman), fighting, boxing, courting, etc
Description:
Title from text above image, Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Possible title page to a series of prints., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
A tall, fashionable young woman walks with her arm linked in the arm of a short, obese, red-face man who grins as he looks up at her. He carries a walking stick. She wears a large hat and holds a eyeglass
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published by S. Gans, Southampton Street, Covent Garden