The Prussian prize-fighter and his allies attempting to tame
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The Prussian prize-fighter and his allies attempting to tame
The Prussian prize-fighter and his allies attempting to tame imperial Kate, or, the state of the European bursiers. Cartoon shows Catherine II and Frederick William II as pugilists, stripped to the waist with fists raised, on either side stand other European heads of state (behind Prussia are George III standing with Holland, Selim III and Leopold II represent Turkey and Germany; behind Russia are Christian VII and Gustavus III representing Denmark and Sweden); other figures, reduced in size as their stature is reduced, appear in close proximity to the boxers, the king of Poland is between the wide-spread legs of Prussia (fearing partition), Louis XVI and Charles IV representing France and Spain are positioned in the background between Catherine and Frederick, and the Marquis of Lansdowne stands to the right of Catherine and behind a cask labeled Nants.. Date 1791 Feby. 14th. The Prussian prize-fighter and his allies attempting to tame imperial Kate, or, the state of the European bursiers. Cartoon shows Catherine II and Frederick William II as pugilists, stripped to the waist with fists raised, on either side stand other European heads of state (behind Prussia are George III standing with Holland, Selim III and Leopold II represent Turkey and Germany; behind Russia are Christian VII and Gustavus III representing Denmark and Sweden); other figures, reduced in size as their stature is reduced, appear in close proximity to the boxers, the king of Poland is between the wide-spread legs of Prussia (fearing partition), Louis XVI and Charles IV representing France and Spain are positioned in the background between Catherine and Frederick, and the Marquis of Lansdowne stands to the right of Catherine and behind a cask labeled Nants.. Date 1791 Feby. 14th
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