The Plumb-Pudding in Danger;–or–State Epicures Taking un Petit Souper
James Gillray British
Publisher Hannah Humphrey British
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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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