Yemelyan Ivanovich Pugachov. Engraving by L.C. Ruotte, 1784.
- Date:
- Jan.y 1st. 1784
- Reference:
- 2015855i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
Yemelyan Ivanovich Pugachov, leader of a Cossack insurrection against the reign of Catherine the Great I of Russia in 1773-1775. Portrayed in manacles before his execution in Moscow in 1775
Publication/Creation
[London] (in the Strand) : T. Cadell, Jan.y 1st. 1784.
Physical description
1 print : stipple engraving ; image and border 9.7 x 7.9 cm
Contributors
Lettering
Putgatchef. Published according to Act of Parliament. G. Ruotte sculpsit
References note
David Alexander, 'A cosmopolitan engraver in London: Francesco Bartolozzi's studio 1763-1802', Print quarterly, 2018, 35: 6-26
Reference
Wellcome Collection 2015855i
Creator/production credits
No "G. Ruotte" has been traced. By Louis Charles Ruotte (1754-1806), who was working in London at the time: a portrait by him of Catherine the Great had been published by the same publisher on 10 December 1783--Alexander, op. cit., pp. 18-19
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores