Gillray (James) The Plumb-pudding in danger: -or- State Epicures taking un Petit Souper, etching with hand-colouring, an excellent well inked and clear impression on wove paper with 'J. Ruse' watermark with date '1802', platemark 261 x 358 mm (10 1/4 x 14 in), sheet 257 x 358 mm (10 x 14 in), full margins with deckle edges, faint exposure lines in the margin, small perforation to centre left margin, surface dirt and browning to margins, two repaired tears in the lower margin, well outside the platemark, some associated minor cockling, unframed, [BM Satires 10371], Hannah Humphrey, 1805

⁂ The most famous of all Gillray's satirical caricatures, if not the most famous of all political cartoons. Napoleon Bonaparte and William Pitt face each other across a steaming 'plum-pudding' globe, both intent on carving themselves a substantial portion of the world.