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Uncorking old sherry

Uncorking old sherry
 published (1818)
from The Caricatures of Gillray published by John Miller, London and William Blackwood, Edinburgh, 1818

Medium
hand-coloured etching
Measurements
26.0 × 18.8 cm (image) 28.7 × 22.1 cm (plate) 30.6 × 23.1 cm (sheet)
Catalogue/s Raisonné
BM Satires 10375B; Wright & Evans 293 (copy)
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.c.: Ja.s (s in superscript above . ) Gillray del,t (t in superscript above , )
printed in ink l.c.: London. Published by John Miller, Bridge Street, and W.Blackwood, Edinburgh
printed in ink u.c.: UNCORKING OLD SHERRY
printed in ink l.l.-l.r.: “the hon,ble (ble in superscript above , ) Gen,t (t in superscript above , ) tho he does not very often adreſs the House, yet when he does he always thinks / … (5 lines of text) … / see Mr (r in superscript) Pitts speech on the Gen’ defence Bill March 6.th (th in superscript above . ) 1805
printed in ink (in image) u.l.-l.r.: (text exploding from bottles and on jar labels)
Accession Number
1573.24-4
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1946
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Humour and Satire Law, Civics and Protest
Subjects (specific)
caricatures members of Parliament parliaments (legislative bodies) Pitt, William political cartoons politics satire (artistic device) wine
Movements
Georgian (British Renaissance-Baroque style)