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Il sogno di Pantagruel Abstract: Italian political cartoon shows Alexander II, Emperor of Russia, as Pantagruel, asleep in his bed with a doll labeled Bulgaria in his arms. He is having a nightmarish dream with frightening visions who demand that he give the doll to them or they will send him flying back to Saint Petersburg. Directly confronting him are insects labeled Montenegro and Serbia, a woman labeled Grecia with drawn sword, ghosts labeled Prussia and Rumenia, and a witch labeled Austria with a green sprig in her hat and a large snake in her arms, and there is a large lobster labeled N
Il sogno di Pantagruel Abstract: Italian political cartoon shows Alexander II, Emperor of Russia, as Pantagruel, asleep in his bed with a doll labeled Bulgaria in his arms. He is having a nightmarish dream with frightening visions who demand that he give the doll to them or they will send him flying back to Saint Petersburg. Directly confronting him are insects labeled Montenegro and Serbia, a woman labeled Grecia with drawn sword, ghosts labeled Prussia and Rumenia, and a witch labeled Austria with a green sprig in her hat and a large snake in her arms, and there is a large lobster labeled Nikilista crawling up the blankets toward the doll; at the foot of the bed is a man labeled Inglese using a bellows labeled Oro-Oro to fan the fires of Rivoluzione beneath the emperor's feet. In the upper right, hovering over the emperor's head, are two female figures labeled Guerra and Pace, and there is a frog labeled Diplomazia sitting on his nightcap labeled Russo. In the lower right, between pillows, is a book labeled Testamento Di Pietro Il Gra and beneath that are cannonballs or bombs.
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