The plumb-pudding in danger, or, State epicures taking un petit souper
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Description
- Title
- The plumb-pudding in danger, or, State epicures taking un petit souper
- Alternative Title
- State epicures taking un petit souper
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
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Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher. - Published / Created
- [26 February 1805]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. Feby. 26th, 1805, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
- Abstract
-
"Pitt (l.) and Napoleon face each other at a round dinner-table on which, in a dish, is a terrestrial globe in the form of a steaming plum-pudding. Pitt, with a carving knife, and three-pronged fork (like a trident) planted in the '[Atlantic] Ocean', cuts a deep gash to the west of 'Britain', extending from the Pole to the Equator; he obtains the 'West Indies'. Napoleon, using his sword and a two-pronged fork which straddles 'Hanover', is cutting from Europe a large fragment including 'France', 'Holland', 'Spain', 'Swiss[erland]', 'Italy', 'Mediterranean', but missing 'Sweden' and 'Russia'. Before each is an empty (gold) plate, on Pitt's the Royal Arms, on Napoleon's an imperial crown. On the back of Pitt's chair is a crowned British Lion on its hind-legs, holding up a Union flag; a fierce imperial eagle clutching a bonnet rouge decorates that of Napoleon. Pitt, very tall and thin, wears a cocked hat and regimentals and long pigtail (cf. BMSat 10113, &c). Napoleon, sturdier and much shorter, has almost to rise from his chair to reach the pudding. He wears military dress, a huge plumed bicorne resting on his shoulders. Pitt looks warily at Napoleon who stares fiercely at the pudding. The figures are seven-eighths length. Below the title: '- "the great Globe itself, and all which it inherit" [sic, 'Tempest', iv. i], is too small to satisfy such insatiable appetites - Vide Mr W-d-m's [Windham's] eccentricities, in ye Political Register.' (For Windham as a contributor to Cobbett's paper see BMSat 10414)."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched in upper right corner of image.
Temporary local subject terms: Globe -- Dining table -- Trident -- Lion of England - Carving knives.
Unidentified stamp on verso. - Provenance
- Sold at Bonhams ('Caricature Sale'), 14 October 2003, lot 155, to Bernard Quaritch for The Lewis Walpole Library.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 26.0 x 36.7 cm, on sheet 27 x 38 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 805.02.26.05+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1805
Etchings England London 1805 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 - Subjects
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Pitt, William, 1759-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1805
England > London > 1805
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 6425408
- Object ID (OID)
- 10977965