The Polish plumb-cake, Lodge, John, -1796, engraving 1774, Leopold II and Frederick William II with swords drawn, Catherine II holding a cleaver, and Louis XV with a knife seated around a table on which rests a partitioned cake, representing Poland, each monarch getting a separate, but not equal share; in the background on the left stands a weeping king of Poland, on the right, with sword raised is the Sultan.
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The Polish plumb-cake, Lodge, John, -1796, engraving 1774, Leopold II and Frederick William II with swords drawn, Catherine II holding a cleaver, and Louis XV with a knife seated around a table on which rests a partitioned cake, representing Poland, each monarch getting a separate, but not equal share; in the background on the left stands a weeping king of Poland, on the right, with sword raised is the Sultan.

Date

1774

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Photo12/Liszt Collection/Quint Lox Limited

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LZT16A00_224

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Polish plumb-cake Lodge John -1796 engraving 1774 Leopold II Frederick William swords drawn Catherine holding cleaver Louis XV knife seated table rests partitioned cake representing Poland monarch getting separate not equal share background left stands weeping king right sword raised Sultan vintage retro retro styled engraved image engravement victorian art culture illustrative technique history historical old antique nostalgia arkheia nostalgic historic artwork old-fashioned romantic aged traditional historic art

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