Creator(s): Meyer,
Henri
The great powers of Europe, brandishing knives, competing to
carve up China: Queen Victoria, Kaiser Wilhelm II, and Czar Nicolas II.
Marianne of France looks on, supporting her Russian ally. Japan contemplates
what move to make, while a caricature of China is dismayed but powerless.
Creator(s): Gillray, James, 1756-1815
The plumb-pudding in danger' is probably Gillray's
most famous print. It achieves its impact through the simplicity of its design
and the brilliant economy with which Gillray captures the political situation.
Napoleon Bonaparte and William Pitt face each other across a steaming
'plum-pudding' globe, both intent on carving themselves a substantial portion
of the world. Pitt appears calm, meticulous and confident, spearing the pudding
with a trident indicative of British naval supremacy. He lays claim to the
oceans and the West Indies. In contrast Napoleon Bonaparte reaches from his
chair with covetous, twitching eyes fixed on the prize of Europe and cuts away
France, Holland, Spain, Switzerland, Italy and the Mediterranean