Whole length caricature portrait. Suvóroff stands gazing into space with fierce melancholy, right hand on the hilt of a sabre dripping with blood, left hand on his hip. He has kalmuck features, a bald head with a sabre-cut, moustaches. He wears a fur-bordered tunic and fur-topped boots with heavy spurs; a fur-lined cloak hangs from his shoulders. A miniature is suspended from a button. The smoke from a burning town on the horizon (right) slants across the background. Beneath the title: '"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. ' 23 may 1799
hand-coloured etching. Date: 1799. Dimensions: Height: 350 mm; Width: 260 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Aleksandr Vasilyevich Suvorov. Collection: British Museum. Field Marshall Count Suwarrow-Romniskoy. (BM 1868,0808.12527)
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