Uncorking Old Sherry,1805,James Gillray,William Pitt,House of Commons,Windham

Title: Uncorking old sherry / Js. Gillrlay, inv. & fecit.
Creator(s): Gillray, James, 1756-1815, engraver
Date Created/Published: London : H. Humphrey, 1805 March 10th.
Summary: William Pitt stands in the House of Commons, facing the opposition which is represented by bottles containing the heads of the most well-known opposition leaders including Fox, Tierney, Windham and Grey. At Pitt's feet is a bottle containing the head of Sidmouth. Pitt is uncorking a bottle containing the head of Sheridan, the contents of which spray up and on which appear inscriptions describing excessive oratory, apparently by the opposition.
Notes:
Catalog of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8, no. 10375
Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).
Exhibited: Gillray and the Art of Caricature.
Subjects:
Pitt, William,--1759-1806.
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley,--1751-1816.
Sidmouth, Henry Addington,--Viscount,--1757-1844.
Windham, William,--1750-1810.
Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806.
Grey, Charles Grey,--Earl,--1764-1845.
Politicians--Great Britain--1800-1810.
Bottles--1800-1810.
Cartoons (Commentary)--British--1800-1810.
Etchings--Hand-colored--1800-1810.
Bookmark /2001695074/
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