Czar Alexander of Russia offers his handkerchief as bandage to a man rescued from drowning. Stipple engraving by J. Girtin, 1806.
- Date:
- 1806
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- 17925i
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Below the main image are the front and back of a medal made in honour of the incident with lettering: "Lateat scintillula forsan. Soc. Lond. in recuscitat intermortuorum instit. MDCCLXXIV. Homo sum; humani nihil a me alienum. puto. hoc. pretium cive servato tulit. Alexandro imperatori societas regia humana humillimé donat 1806. Go and do thou like wise."
Publication/Creation
[London] (Charles Stt. Midd. Hospt.), 1806.
Physical description
1 print : stipple engraving with etching ; platemark 19.7 x 11.9 cm
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Wellcome Collection 17925i
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