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A Dance round the Poles   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Title
A Dance round the Poles
Description
English: The sovereigns of Russia, Prussia, and Austria take hands and dance round a circle of tiny soldiers on parade. Catherine II stands full-face, taking in her right hand the left hand of Frederick William II (Prussia), in her left the right hand of Francis II ('Germany' [sic]). She scowls, looking down at the Poles; the other two smile. They sing, their words etched above their heads:



'Now we caper round the Poles a!
We're the Trio with great souls a!
Doodle doodle doo. [Prussia.]
Soon I'll kick great Kosciusco
From his scurvy camp to Muscow
Doodle doodle doo [Russia.]
Here you see a pretty dance [a!]
Now we've turn'd our thought[s from France a! [mutiliated]]
Doodle doo[dle doo.] [Austria.]'

The tiny Polish soldiers are drilling with their backs turned to the three colossal dancers who are about to crush them. A drummer wears a fool's cap. 5 August 1794


Hand-coloured etching
Depicted people Portrait of: Catherine II, Empress of Russia
Date 1794
date QS:P571,+1794-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper
Dimensions
Height: 267 millimetres
Width: 388 millimetres (cut and damaged)
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Prints and Drawings
Accession number
1878,0511.1374
Notes

(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VII, 1942)

The fool's cap, which is worn by the drummer, indicates the folly of the Polish revolt of Mar.-Apr. 1794, led by Kosciusko, against the Second Partition of Poland. After the revolt, Poland was invaded by Prussia, Austria, and Russia, the preoccupation of Prussia and Austria with Poland being fatal to the allied campaign in Flanders (see BMSat 8477). On 8 Nov. 1794 the Russians entered Warsaw, and the final Partition followed. See BMSat 8607, &c. Cf. BMSat 4957, &c, on the first Partition.
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1878-0511-1374
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