Dec 10 at 12:00 PM - Sale 2689 -

Sale 2689 - Lot 136

Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 7,000
(WORLD -- SATIRE.) James Gillray. The Plumb-Pudding in Danger;__or__State Epicures Taking un Petit Souper. Hand-colored etching of Napoleon and William Pitt satirically carving up the globe, the former taking a slice of the European continent for himself and the latter looking to take the entire western hemisphere. Wove paper, 10¼x14¼ inches sheet size, ample margins to the platemark; strong original hand-color in full; generally fine. BM Satires 10371. London: H. Humphrey, 1805