The New Shaving-Machine, cartoon of Nicholas I of Russia

The New Shaving-Machine (suggested by a recent invention). Emperor of Russia, Nicholas I, sits in the shaving-machine chair in John Bull and Louis Nap(olean)'s Easy Shaving Shop, at the mercy of the razors and shaving brushes of his enemies France, Britain and Turkey (the Ottoman Empire), supported by Austria. He holds a Declaration of War. In July 1853, Russia occupied the Danubian Provinces (the chair), under Ottoman suzerainty. The Crimean War broke out later that year

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