TITLE: Taming of the shrew: -Katharine & Petruchio; -The modern Quixotte, or, what you will CALL NUMBER: PC 1 - 7845 (B size) [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZC4-6756 (color film copy transparency)LC-USZ62-123029 (b&w film copy neg.) RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication. SUMMARY: 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 gaunt figure representing the old order in France and Leopold II render assistence to Catherine by preventing her from falling to the ground. MEDIUM: 1 print : etching, hand-colored. CREATED/PUBLISHED: [London] : Pubd. by S.W. Fores, 1791 April 20th. CREATOR: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, 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. 6, no. 7845 Exhibit loan 4161-L. SUBJECTS: Catherine--II,--Empress of Russia,--1729-1796. Pitt, William,--1759-1806. Leopold--II,--Holy Roman Emperor,--1747-1792. Selim--III,--Sultan of the Turks,--1761-1808. International relations--1790-1800. FORMAT: Cartoons (Commentary) British 1790-1800.Etchings Hand-colored 1790-1800. REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID: (color film copy transparency) cph 3g06756 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g06756 (b&w film copy neg.) cph 3c23029 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c23029 CONTROL #: 99404768
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