The Polish plumb-cake - Cartoon shows 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. Political Cartoon 1774

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The Polish plumb-cake - Cartoon shows 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. Political Cartoon 1774

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Photo credit: © Niday Picture Library / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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