The Plumb-Pudding in Danger;–or–State Epicures Taking un Petit Souper, February 26, 1805, Hand-colored etching, plate: 10 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. (26 x 36.2 cm), Prints, James Gillray (British, Chelsea 1756–1815 London), Napoleon Bonaparte, declared emperor of France in 1804, and the English statesman William Pitt sit across a dining table, each carving out a piece from a plum pudding in the shape of the world. The diminutive Napoleon, rising from his seat in order to reach the table, hungrily takes Europe while Pitt carves a large slice of ocean, illustrating the respective areas of power in the ongoing war between Britain and France
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Plumb-Pudding, Danger, ––State Epicures Taking, Petit Souper, February 26, 1805, Hand-colored etching, plate, 10 1/4 x 14 1/4, 26 36.2 cm, Prints, James Gillray, British, Chelsea, 1756–1815, London, Napoleon Bonaparte, declared emperor, France, 1804, English statesman, William, Pitt, sit, across, dining table, carving out, piece, plum pudding, shape, world, diminutive Napoleon, rising, seat, order, reach, table, hungrily takes, Europe, Pitt carves, large slice, ocean, illustrating, respective areas, power, ongoing war, Britain
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