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James Gillray: English: The Plumb-pudding in danger   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
James Gillray  (1756–1815)  wikidata:Q520806 s:en:Author:James Gillray q:en:James Gillray
 
James Gillray
Alternative names
James Gilray; Gillay; Gillray
Description British caricaturist and engraver
Date of birth/death 13 August 1756 Edit this at Wikidata 1 June 1815 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death London London
Work location
London Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q520806
Title
English: The Plumb-pudding in danger
Description
English: or State epicures taking un petit souper

William Pitt and Napoleon, both in uniform, face each other at a dinner table, with the globe steaming like a plum pudding in the center of the table. Pitt is shown slicing off the oceans for Britain, while Napoleon takes a large chunk of Europe. The quote references a passage in The Tempest (Act IV, Scene I). It is attributed to William Windham and the Political Register, which is merely part of Gillray's satire. Windham was critical of Pitt's handling of the war with France, but he did not publish this quote in the Register.

Reference Source: George #10371
Publisher and date per George.

  • Subjects (LCSH): Political cartoons; History--Caricatures & cartoons; Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821; Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815; Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Date 1805
date QS:P571,+1805-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium
English: Etching, hand colored ; plate mark 17 x 23 cm. on sheet 19 x 24 cm.
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
University of Washington: Special Collections
Accession number
156
Place of creation London
Inscriptions
Caption on Image :
The Plumb-pudding in danger – or State Epicures taking un petit souper
"the great Globe itself and all which it inherit, is too small to satisfy such insatiable appetites" .
Vide McW_d_m’s eccentricities in e/y Political Register
Source/Photographer
English: Napoleonic Period Collection
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The author died in 1815, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

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Publisher
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Humphrey, Hannah, 1774-1817
Digital ID Number
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NAP015
UW Reference Number
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E1

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