Lettered inside image, lower center: "Etch'd by Js. Gillray. From the Original Drawing taken from Life by Lieutn. Swarts, of the Imperial Regiment of Barco Hussars"; lower right: "Pubd. May 23d, 1799 by H. HumphreySt. James's Street"; lettered below image, lower center: "Field Marshall Count SUWARROW-ROMNISKOY. | '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."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection