print; book-illustration; pamphlet

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Object Type: print; book-illustration; pamphlet
Museum number: 1865,1111.3105.+
Title: Object: The Balance of Power
Description: The Tsar of Russia in military uniform, holding a dagger and stepping with one foot onto a scales, lettered "Balance of Power", tipping them towards him in his favour, a British and a French general loading cannon-balls onto the other scale, a turkey perched above, cannon-balls surrounding them, two other officers gesturing to the scales; illustration to "Cassell's Illustrated Family Paper" (1854); Woodcut
Producer name: Print made by: George Cruikshank; Published by: John Cassell
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Production date: 1854
Production place: Published in: London (England)
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Dimensions: Height: 198 millimetres (sheet); Width: 258 millimetres
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Bibliographic references: Reid 1871 / A descriptive catalogue of the works of George Cruikshank (4383); Cohn 1924 / George Cruikshank, catalogue raisonné (117)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: military; allegory/personification
Associated names: Representation of: Nicholas I, Tsar of Russia; Representation of: Fitzroy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan; Representation of: François Certain de Canrobert
Associated events: Associated Event: Crimean War 1853-6
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Acquisition date: 1865
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1865,1111.3105.+

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