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An English hobby horse, or, who pays the piper?, British Cartoon Print

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An English hobby horse, or, who pays the piper?, British Cartoon Print

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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.
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.

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01/01/1791
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