Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

'The plumb-pudding in danger: - or - state epicures taking un petit souper' (William Pitt; Napoléon Bonaparte) NPG D12840

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey

'The plumb-pudding in danger' is probably Gillray's most famous print. It achieves its impact through the simplicity of its design and the brilliant economy with which Gillray captures the political situation. 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. Pitt appears calm, meticulous and confident, spearing the pudding with a trident indicative of British naval supremacy. He lays claim to the oceans and the West Indies. In contrast Napoleon... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.