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James Gillray
1756-1815
The plumb-pudding in danger, or, State epicures taking un petit souper / Js. Gillray inv. & fect.
London : Pubd. Feby. 26th 1805 by H. Humphrey. 27 St James's Street, [1805]
etching, hand colored
sheet: 252 x 354 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.617
Notes
Below title: - "the great Globe itself, and all which it inherit", is too small to satisfy such insatiable appetites - Vide Mr W-d-m's [Windham's] eccentricities, in ye Political Register.'
Library's copy trimmed to image.
Library's copy trimmed to image.
Inscriptions/Markings
Library's copy inscribed in pen with the names of the two subjects of Gillray's cartoon.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows William Pitt, wearing a regimental uniform and hat, sitting at a table with Napoleon. They are each carving a large plum pudding on which is a map of the world. Pitt's slice is considerably larger than Napoleon's.
Associated names
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Ray, Gordon N. (Gordon Norton), 1915-1986, former owner.
Ray, Gordon N. (Gordon Norton), 1915-1986, former owner.
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