General Swallow all o feasting on a French fricassee, Holland, William, active 1782-1817, engraving 1799, a gigantic Russian soldier, possibly a gross caricature of Field Marshal Aleksandr Vasilevich Suvorov, eating the severed head of a French soldier, another oversized man, a chef, holds a platter containing several more heads; refers to the defeat of the French in Italy by Russian forces under the command of Suvorov.
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General Swallow all o feasting on a French fricassee, Holland, William, active 1782-1817, engraving 1799, a gigantic Russian soldier, possibly a gross caricature of Field Marshal Aleksandr Vasilevich Suvorov, eating the severed head of a French soldier, another oversized man, a chef, holds a platter containing several more heads; refers to the defeat of the French in Italy by Russian forces under the command of Suvorov.

Date

1799

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection/Quint Lox Limited

Notre référence

LZT16A00_249

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

52,8Mo (2,0Mo) / 42,3cm x 31,2cm / 5001 x 3687 (300dpi)

Mots clés

General Swallow o feasting French fricassee Holland William active 1782-1817 engraving 1799 gigantic Russian soldier possibly gross caricature Field Marshal Aleksandr Vasilevich Suvorov eating severed head oversized man chef holds platter containing heads refers defeat Italy forces command vintage retro retro styled engraved image engravement victorian art culture illustrative technique history historical old antique nostalgia arkheia nostalgic historic artwork old-fashioned romantic aged traditional historic art

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