The Polish plumb-cake / J. Lodge sculp., British Cartoon Print

Cartoon shows Joseph II and Frederick II with swords drawn, Catherine II holding a cleaver, and Louis XV with a knife, seated around a table on which rests a partitioned cake, representing Poland, each monarch getting a separate, but not equal share; in the background on the left stands Stanisław II, King of Poland, weeping, and on the right, with sword raised, is the Sultan. At the time of the partition of Poland in 1772, Mustafa III was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. He died in January 1774 and was succeeded by his brother Abdul Hamid I, who was not present at the partition, though he is identified as such in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5 index, under the heading Achmet IV, as he was Sultan at the time the cartoon was published on September 1, 1774.

Caption: Thy kingdom Stanislús, is now at stake, / To four such stomachs, 'tis a mere plumb-cake.
Illus. from: The Westminster magazine, vol. II, p. 416.
Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5229