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The Christian Amazon, With Her Invincible Target, Alias, The Focus Of Genial Rays, Or Dian Of The Rushes, To Much For 300,000, Infidels.

The Christian Amazon, With Her Invincible Target, Alias, The Focus Of Genial Rays, Or Dian Of The Rushes, To Much For 300,000, Infidels.

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TITLE:  The christian amazon, with her invincible target, Alias, the focus of genial rays, or Dian of the Rushes, to much for 300,000, Infidels. CALL NUMBER:  PC 1 - 7180 (B size) [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER:  LC-USZC4-6748 (color film copy transparency)LC-USZ62-123020 (b&w film copy neg.) RIGHTS INFORMATION:  No known restrictions on publication. SUMMARY:  Cartoon shows Catherine II, as an amazon with sword raised and bearing a shield emblazoned with double-headed eagle, battling the Sultan, Selim III, attacking with a rifle fixed with bayonet; Joseph II, an ally, hides behind Catherine; an apish Louis XVI and the King of Spain stand to the side of the Sultan; in the background the Turkish army fires cannon and lobs hand-grenades which are rebuffed by Catherine's shield. MEDIUM:  1 print : etching with aquatint. CREATED/PUBLISHED:  [London] : Published by J. Crawford, 1787 Octr. 24th. NOTES: Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress). Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 7180 Exhibit loan 4161-L. SUBJECTS: Catherine--II,--Empress of Russia,--1729-1796. Joseph--II,--Holy Roman Emperor,--1741-1790. Selim--III,--Sultan of the Turks,--1761-1808. Louis--XVI,--King of France,--1754-1793. Charles--III,--King of Spain,--1716-1788. Russo-Turkish War, 1787-1792. FORMAT: Cartoons (Commentary) British 1780-1790.Etchings 1780-1790. REPOSITORY:  Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID:  (color film copy transparency) cph 3g06748 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g06748 (b&w film copy neg.) cph 3c23020 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c23020 CONTROL #:  99404748