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A satire unexplained
Published
[England?] : [publisher not specified], [approximately 1756]
etching
sheet: 95 x 60 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2628
Notes
Title from the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Library's copy trimmed to image border.
Design is based in part upon a detail from a larger print entitled "A political race" (BM Satires no. 2441); here reversed.
Library's copy trimmed to image border.
Design is based in part upon a detail from a larger print entitled "A political race" (BM Satires no. 2441); here reversed.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
An emperor (probably the Emperor of Germany) flying astride an eagle, facing left, descends upon a man riding a bear (Russia).
Associated names
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
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