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The Christian Amazon, with her invincible target,
Description
English: Catherine II, as an amazon, wearing a crown and jewels, raises her sabre to strike down the Sultan, who threatens her with a levelled bayonet; this she wards off with a shield bearing a double-headed Russian eagle, irradiated. Louis XVI, a small crowned ape, stands near the Sultan, wearing a coat, bag-wig, and jack-boots; he looks towards Catherine, holding out his hands. Behind (right) stands the King of Spain looking through an eye-glass. Catherine leans back to strike; her petticoats are raised in front to show breeches and jack-boots. Taking cover behind her back is the Emperor Joseph II; he stoops, resting his hands on the hilt of his sabre, pointing a finger towards the Sultan. He wears a fool's cap decorated with the Habsburg eagle and imperial crown (cf. BMSat 7181). Behind Catherine's head (left) is a walled city on a hill, above the sea on which are two ships. On the horizon on the extreme right is the Turkish army, with a flag on which are three crescents. The men are firing muskets and one cannon at the Empress. Cannon-balls and hand-grenades assail her shield. Beneath the design are engraved (left) the words of the Empress:



'Your Sublime Highness, is to blame I Fear,
Thus forcibly to Enter My Fron . . . tier
In Rearing Rampant, on each Slight pretence,
You Risk the Blush, which Shame gives Impotence;
My Shield is tested, and Approved as Staunch.'

On the right are the words of the Sultan:

'By Every Artist, famous in this . . . Branch,
Should then each Member, in your Salique Land,
Rise up against My Tower, and make ... a Stand,
They Shall yield Victory, to this potent Hand.
Creed.' 24 October 1787


Etching, partly aquatinted
Depicted people Associated with: 'Abd al-Hamid I
Date 1787
date QS:P571,+1787-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper
Dimensions
Height: 284 millimetres
Width: 374 millimetres
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Prints and Drawings
Accession number
1868,0808.5663
Notes

(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VI, 1938)

Turkey unexpectedly declared war on Russia on 16 Aug. 1787, cf. BMSat 7181, &c. Joseph was pledged to assist Catherine, and in Feb. 1788 declared war on Turkey, but the print has little relation to the diplomatic situation and is aimed at the personal reputation of the Empress, cf. BMSat 7843.
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-5663
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(Reusing this file)		 © The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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