The Christian Amazon,Invincible Target,Alias,Dian of the Rushes,Cartoon,1787

Title: The christian amazon, with her invincible target, Alias, the focus of genial rays, or Dian of the Rushes, to much for 300,000, Infidels.
Date Created/Published: [London] : Published by J. Crawford, 1787 Octr. 24th.
Summary: Cartoon shows Catherine II, as an amazon with sword raised and bearing a shield emblazoned with double-headed eagle, battling the Sultan, Selim III, attacking with a rifle fixed with bayonet; Joseph II, an ally, hides behind Catherine; an apish Louis XVI and the King of Spain stand to the side of the Sultan; in the background the Turkish army fires cannon and lobs hand-grenades which are rebuffed by Catherine's shield.
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. 7180
Exhibit loan 4161-L.
Subjects:
Catherine--II,--Empress of Russia,--1729-1796.
Joseph--II,--Holy Roman Emperor,--1741-1790.
Selim--III,--Sultan of the Turks,--1761-1808.
Louis--XVI,--King of France,--1754-1793.
Charles--III,--King of Spain,--1716-1788.
Russo-Turkish War, 1787-1792.
Cartoons (Commentary)--British--1780-1790.
Etchings--1780-1790.
Bookmark /99404748/
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