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Taming of the shrew: -Katharine & Petruchio; -The modern Quixotte, or, what you will, British Cartoon Print

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Taming of the shrew: -Katharine & Petruchio; -The modern Quixotte, or, what you will, British Cartoon Print

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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.
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.

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01/01/1791
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Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist
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Library of Congress
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