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The Polish plumb-cake
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
|---|---|
| Spatial Coverage | Poland |
| Description | Cartoon shows Joseph II and Frederick II with swords drawn, Catherine II holding a cleaver, and Louis XV with a knife, seated around a table on which rests a partitioned cake, representing Poland, each monarch getting a separate, but not equal share; in the background on the left stands Stanisław II, King of Poland, weeping, and on the right, with sword raised, is the Sultan. At the time of the partition of Poland in 1772, Mustafa III was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. He died in January 1774 and was s쳮ded by his brother Abdul Hamid I, who was not present at the partition, though he is identified as such in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5 index, under the heading Achmet IV, as he was Sultan at the time the cartoon was published on September 1, 1774. |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Cartoon Prints, British |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Catherine--II,--Empress of Russia,--1729-1796. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Louis--XV,--King of France,--1710-1774. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Frederick--II,--King of Prussia,--1712-1786. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Poland--History--First partition, 1772. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Stanisław--II August,--King of Poland,--1732-1798. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Joseph--II,--Holy Roman Emperor,--1741-1790. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
