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The printing plate measures 10.25 by 14.25 inches (260 mm × 362 mm) and was typically impressed on paper measuring around 10.5 by 15 inches (270 mm × 380 mm). The print includes at top left the title "The Plumb-pudding in danger; - or - State
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in London, on 26 February 1805, and was originally sold for about five shillings. There are examples in many museum and private collections. It has been described by
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Napoleon, to the right, the "little corporal", is much smaller in height and stockier in build, with a prominent hooked nose. He wears the blue coat of the
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at the centre between them. The scene is replete with iconography referring to the contemporary political situation the
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