The plumb-pudding in danger:- or state epicures taking un petit souper

This sheet is a copy after a Gillray engraving originally published by Humphrey on 26 February, 1805. In this image, William Pitt and Napoleon greedily carve up the globe. Napoleon helps himself to a large portion containing Europe and northern Africa while Pitt slices through the Atlantic ocean taking the West Indies for himself. Sheet is mounted onto another sheet of paper. This sheet is a copy after a Gillray engraving originally published by Humphrey on 26 February, 1805. In this image, William Pitt and Napoleon greedily carve up the globe. Napoleon helps himself to a large portion containing Europe and northern Africa while Pitt slices through the Atlantic ocean taking the West Indies for himself. Sheet is mounted onto another sheet of paper. Published 1805-02-26. British Museum, BM 10371a. Both Napoleon and Pitt are ruthlessly satirized as Gillray implies that in the race for imperial property all governments are equally greedy. Caption: "the great globe itself, and all which it inherit, is too small to satisfy such insatiable appetites." Printed Signature: James Gillray inv. Plate Mark: No. XIV