Four Russians approach the Duchess of Oldenburgh who wears a huge bonnet and members of Oxford University with the towers and spires of Oxford in the background. Etching by J. Hughes, 1816.

Satire on the visit of the allied sovereigns to Oxford on 14 and 15 June 1814 which was a magnificent affair in which the sovereigns and notables wore academic gowns and received diplomas of the degrees which had already been conferred

The "Duchess of Oldenburgh" was Princess Ekaterina Pavlovna (1788-1819), sister of the Tsar Alexander I, and wife of, first, Duke Peter of Oldenburg, and, second, King Wilhelm I of Württemberg. According to an inscription beneath the image, the Russians behind the Duchess are Mesdames Aladensky and Volochousky (possibly the wife of Tsar Nikita Volkonsky), and Prince Gagarin

There is a definition of the Oldenberg bonnet in 'A dictionary of English costume' by C.W. and P.E. Cunington: 'A very large bonnet with wide projecting brim in front and a flat crown draped with ostrich feathers, ribbon ties under chin named after the Duchess a visitor to the Peace celebrations of 1814'

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1816.

1 print : etching ; platemark 21.1 x 33.8 cm

The Oldenburgh procession through Oxford. J. H. delt & sculpt 1816

British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, vol. ix, London 1949, no. 12820

Wellcome Collection 603167i