Gillray02 ~ 'The Plumb-pudding in danger; - or - State Epicures taking un Petit Souper.' ~ Published by Hannah Humphrey: February 26, 1805 ~ Hand colored Etching ~ This image is one of Gillray's most copied, reproduced, and parodied works. On January 2, 1805, in a peace overture to George III, Napoleon questioned the need for war: "The world is sufficiently large for our two nations to live in it." Napoleon was answered at the opening of the British Parliament in January with the King commanding that the war be prosecuted "with vigour." In this simple but effective illustration, the two great world powers, represented by Pitt and Napoleon, divide up the globe. Pitt sits on a chair decorated with a royal lion and the Cross of St. George, a traditional emblem of a fleet admiral's flagship, and he helps himself to the world's oceans with a knife and Neptune's trident. Beneath his knife the note "West Indies" reminds the viewer of the long standing friction there between the two countries. Naploeon's plate is marked with a crown, his chair bears an imperial eagle, both symbols of royalty. He serves himself with sword and fork.