- Title:
- Field Marshall Count Suwarrow-Rominskoy ---
- Date:
- 1799
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching, hand-colored
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 11 3/8 x 8 13/16in. (28.9 x 22.4cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered inside image, lower center: "Etch'd by Js. Gillray. From the Original Drawing taken from Life by Lieutn. Swarts, of the Imperial Regiment of Barco Hussars"; lower right: "Pubd. May 23d, 1799 by H. HumphreySt. James's Street"; lettered below image, lower center: "Field Marshall Count SUWARROW-ROMNISKOY. | 'This extraordinary Man is now in the prime of life, Six Feet, Ten Inches in height: never | tastes either Wine or Spirits; takes but one Meal a day; & every Morning plunges into an Ice Bath; | his Wardrobe consists of a plain Shirt, a White Waistcoat & Breeches, short Boots, & a Russian Cloak; | he wears no covering on his Head, either by day or night; when tired, he wraps himself up in a | Blanket & sleeps in the open air; he has fought 29 pitched Battles, & been in 75 Engagements' | See - Vienna Gazzette."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.1008
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:41716
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James Gillray, 1756–1815, British, Field Marshall Count Suwarrow-Rominskoy ---, 1799
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