A soldier plays a drum as a man with a chained bear with its arms held back by an umbrella is making it dance to entertain the crowd. Lithograph by Benjamin Roubaud, 1833.

  • Roubaud, Benjamin, 18211-1847.
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[1833]
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34333i
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view A soldier plays a drum as a man with a chained bear with its arms held back by an umbrella is making it dance to entertain the crowd. Lithograph by Benjamin Roubaud, 1833.

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A soldier plays a drum as a man with a chained bear with its arms held back by an umbrella is making it dance to entertain the crowd. Lithograph by Benjamin Roubaud, 1833. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The bear may represent Russia. People with headdresses representing different nations (Prussia, Turkey, etc.) look on

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[Paris] (Galerie Véro Dodat) : Chez Aubert, [1833] ([Paris] (rue Furstenberg 6) : Becquet)

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1 print : lithograph ; image 20.6 x 27.8 cm

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Voyez messieurs et dames. Voyez comme il est bien dressé, il donne la patte á tout le monde et se met á genoux et recoit toujours avec nouveau plaisir les petites étrennes de la société. La caricature (Journal) No. 169. Pl. 336.

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Wellcome Collection 34333i

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