An English hobby horse,or,who pays the piper?,Catherine II,Empress of Russia
Title: An English hobby horse, or, who pays the piper?
Date Created/Published: London : Pubd. by Willm. Holland, 1791 May 11.
Summary: 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 about having to shoulder the expense of Pitt's Russian armanment policy.
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. 7857
Exhibit loan 4161-L.
Subjects:
Catherine--II,--Empress of Russia,--1729-1796.
Leopold--II,--Holy Roman Emperor,--1747-1792.
George--III,--King of Great Britain,--1738-1820.
Frederick William--II,--King of Prussia,--1744-1797.
Pitt, William,--1759-1806.
John Bull (Symbolic character)--1790-1800.
International relations--Great Britain--1790-1800.
International relations--Russia--1790-1800.
Bulls--England--1790-1800.
Cartoons (Commentary)--British--1790-1800.
Etchings--1790-1800.
Bookmark /99404783/
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