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The Plumb-Pudding in Danger;-or-State Epicures Taking un Petit Souper. Artist: James Gillray (British, Chelsea 1756-1815 London). Dimensions: plate: 10 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. (26 x 36.2 cm)sheet: 10 3/8 x 14 7/16 in. (26.4 x 36.6 cm). Publisher: Hannah Humphrey (London). Date: February 26, 1805.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. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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