George Cruikshank
The Admiral in St. Petersburgh; or, Poor will foil’d again.
London, J Johnston March 1813
Etching
Original hand colouring
370 x 230 mm
£180
Heading to a printed broadside. The Duke of Clarence, in admiral’s uniform with sword, kneels on both knees, arms extended, at the feet of a young woman who walks away. He is in profile to the left, caricatured, with words issuing from his coarse protruding lips: “O listen, listen to the voice of Love.” The lady, the Grand Duchess Anna (Pavlovna) of Russia, looks scornfully B M 12020
