Period:Unknown Production date:1840
Materials:paper
Technique:drawn
Subjects:satire politics equestrian elements unicorn classical mythology classical deity
Dimensions:Height: 280 millimetres Width: 361 millimetres
Description:
Cupid taming the Elements; after West, study for a satirical print in the series ‘Political Sketches’, published by Thomas McLean, 1821-1851; Palmerston as Cupid, driving a chariot drawn by the lion and the unicorn among the astonished Powers, Russia laughs but China is horrified, in a reference to England’s hostility with China over the opium question. 1840 Graphite Verso: Prince Louis Napoleon on horseback. 1840 Graphite
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![图片[1]-drawing; print study BM-1882-1209.470-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/43/mid_00305498_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-drawing; print study BM-1882-1209.470-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/43/mid_00305499_001.jpg)
Comments:Study for Political Sketch No 634.
Materials:paper
Technique:drawn
Subjects:satire politics equestrian elements unicorn classical mythology classical deity
Dimensions:Height: 280 millimetres Width: 361 millimetres
Description:
Cupid taming the Elements; after West, study for a satirical print in the series ‘Political Sketches’, published by Thomas McLean, 1821-1851; Palmerston as Cupid, driving a chariot drawn by the lion and the unicorn among the astonished Powers, Russia laughs but China is horrified, in a reference to England’s hostility with China over the opium question. 1840 Graphite Verso: Prince Louis Napoleon on horseback. 1840 Graphite
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Comments:Study for Political Sketch No 634.
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