RUSSIA Britain and France had by the 1850s allied their interests with those of the Ottoman Empire. An unexpected coalition of nations was brought together by shared interests to combat the possibility that Russia would gain from the Ottomans.
I've included a picture of a cartoon from the French journal Le Charivari from 1854. I believe the cartoon that you're thinking about in your query. The cartoon uses a portrait of Tsar Nicholas I to represent the Russian Empire as Goliath. The far more modest Turkish Empire is symbolized by a generic Turkish figure (such as David). The vast Russian Empire was seen as having the Ottomans to one day surpass all other nations, hence the other European powers have generally feared a confrontation with Russia. However, the Crimean War revealed that the Russian Empire was not as strong as previously believed. The Russians were routed by the Turks and their allies from France, Britain, and Sardinia.
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