The Plumb-pudding in danger; - or - State Epicures taking un Petit Souper. Published by Hannah Humphrey: February 26, 1805. Etching with engraving. One of Gillray's most famous prints, this shows Pitt, long and lanky as in all his caricatures, facing a diminutive Napoleon across a dinner table. Pitt, armed with a trident and a carving knife, helps himself to a large slice of the ocean, as befits his mastery of the seas, while Napoleon carves a slice containing all of Europe except Britain, Sweden and Russia. The second line of the title includes a quotation from Shakespeare's "The tempest", iv,1. This is a caricature made all the more effective by its avoidance of any obvious taking of sides. William Pitt and Napoleon dividing the world. Cartoon by Gilray, 1805. At the tome Britain was champion of the seas and France of the land.

The Plumb-pudding in danger; - or - State Epicures taking un Petit Souper. Published by Hannah Humphrey: February 26, 1805. Etching with engraving. One of Gillray's most famous prints, this shows Pitt, long and lanky as in all his caricatures, facing a diminutive Napoleon across a dinner table. Pitt, armed with a trident and a carving knife, helps himself to a large slice of the ocean, as befits his mastery of the seas, while Napoleon carves a slice containing all of Europe except Britain, Sweden and Russia. The second line of the title includes a quotation from Shakespeare's "The tempest", iv,1. This is a caricature made all the more effective by its avoidance of any obvious taking of sides. William Pitt and Napoleon dividing the world. Cartoon by Gilray, 1805. At the tome Britain was champion of the seas and France of the land.

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