James Gillray
1756-1815
Taming of the shrew: -Katharine & Petruchio; -The modern Quixotte, or, what you will.
Published
[London] : Pubd April 20th 1791, by S. W. Fores Piccadilly, [1791]
etching, hand colored
sheet: 247 x 398 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2723
Notes
By James Gillray.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark; imprint scratched away from the surface of the sheet and rendered illegible.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark; imprint scratched away from the surface of the sheet and rendered illegible.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
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.
Associated names
Fores, S. W., publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Department
Century prints
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