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The magnanimous minister chastiseing Prussian perfidy
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| Caption | The magnanimous minister chastiseing Prussian perfidy. Fox, wearing a military cocked hat, with civilian dress, threatens Prussia (or Frederick William III) with his sabre, while he puts a foot on the sword that Prussia has dropped. The latter, a grotesque figure with a long pigtail and moustaches, kneels terrified at his feet, clasping his hands in supplication. His Death's Head Hussar cap falls from his thrown-back head. He wears a fur-trimmed cloak and tunic, with a badge of the Prussian Eagle on his sleeve, with half-boots and extravagant spurs. Fox has an expression of sour and calculating contempt. Prussia exclaims, terrified. Meanwhile, Napoleon, holding his sabre, and wearing feathered bicorne, with spurred jack-boots, furtively hastens up to Fox from behind to read the open book which the latter displays to him behind his back (BM). Artist: Gillray, James, 1756-1815. Date: May 2, 1806. Sourced from Digital Commonwealth website. |
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| Creator | see caption |
| Artwork medium | 1 print: hand-colored etching; sheet 23 x 32 cm |
| Credit | Boston Public Library |
| Terms of use | No known copyright restrictions |
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