![]() With a barbed fang and flames issuing from his mouth, a sword-cut has gashed his skull, and cut his crown in two. Whilst George III acts out St George, and Britannia is the fair maiden, Napoleon plays a dragon. In a pastiche of history painting, Gillray created ‘St. ‘probably the most famous political cartoon of all time … stolen over and over and over again by cartoonists ever since’.Ĭarving up the world with British Prime Minister William Pitt, ‘Little Boney’ just about perches on the edge of his chair as he cuts a slice marked ‘Europe’. Gillray’s most famous image is undoubtedly ‘The Plumb-pudding in danger – or – State Epicures taking un Petit Souper’, published in 26 February 1805. ‘The Plumb-pudding in danger – or – State Epicures taking un Petit Souper’, published 26 February 1805. ‘ must destroy the English monarchy, or expect itself to be destroyed by these intriguing and enterprising islanders…Let us concentrate all our efforts on the navy and annihilate England. This was a reference to an announcement Napoleon made in 1797: ‘What? our Fleet captur’d & destroy’d by the Slaves of Britain?’, and announces his plans for an obelisk to be inscribed ‘To Buanoparte Conqueror of the World, & extirpater of the English Nation.’ In an enormous speech bubble, he declares In another print, named ‘Buonaparte, hearing of Nelson’s victory, swears by his sword, to extirpate the English from the earth.’, Gillray depicts the moment Napoleon hears of Nelson’s great naval victory at the Nile in 1798. From accommodating some of the British Empire's greatest enemies to its role during - and in the aftermath of - the transatlantic slave trade. ![]() ![]() ![]() Dan Snow visits the remote, beautiful island of Saint Helena to learn more about its history. ![]()
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