Iconic caricature depicting Napoleon Bonaparte and William Pitt carving up the globe in the midst of the war between England and France. Pitt’s fork is fashioned in the form of a trident, alluding to Neptune god of the Seas, paring half of the globe away and taking with it the lucrative West Indies. Napoleon’s fork is fashioned as a bident, symbol of Pluto god of the Underworld, diving through Hanover, birthplace of the British Monarchy, to cut Europe away from the steaming pudding. Gillray, 1805. Original antique etching with exceptional original colour.
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