Title

Il sogno di Pantagruel - Italian Political cartoon ca. 1878 by Grossi

Caption

Italian political cartoon shows Alexander II, Emperor of Russia, as Pantagruel, asleep in his bed with a doll labeled 'Bulgaria' in his arms. He is having a nightmarish dream with frightening visions who demand that he give the doll to them or they will send him flying back to Saint Petersburg. Directly confronting him are insects labeled 'Montenegro' and 'Serbia', a woman labeled 'Grecia' with drawn sword, ghosts labeled 'Prussia' and 'Rumenia', and a witch labeled 'Austria' with a green sprig in her hat and a large snake in her arms, and there is a large lobster labeled 'Nikilista' crawling up the blankets toward the doll; at the foot of the bed is a man labeled 'Inglese' using a bellows labeled 'Oro-Oro' to fan the fires of 'Rivoluzione' beneath the emperor's feet.

Credit line

Photo12/Universal Images Group/HUM Images

Reference

UMG22A23_420

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No

Property release

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License type

Rights managed

Available size

46,7Mb (4,8Mb) / 16,0in x 11,3in / 4800 x 3401 (300dpi)

Keywords

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