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Keywords: Uncorking-Old-Sherry-Gillray.jpeg Uncorking Old Sherry / Js Gillray inv fecit 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 This was one of the most popular of Gillray's political prints 1 print etching hand-colored Caption reads Published March 10 1805 by H Humphrey St James Street London the honble Gent tho' he does not very often address the House yet when he does he always thinks proper to pay off all arrears like a Bottle just uncorked bursts all at one into an explosion of Froth Air; ”then whatever might for a length of time lie lurking corked up in his mind whatever he thinks of himself or hears in conservation ” whatever he takes many days or weeks to sleep upon the whole commonplacebook of the interval is sure to burst out at once stored with studied-Jokes sarcasms arguments invectives every thing else which his mind or memory are capable of embracing whether they have any relation or not to the Subject under discussion - See Mr Ptts speech on y Gent Defence Bill March 6th 1805 Library of Congress Prints Photographs Division LC-USZC4-8783 color film copy transparency http //memory loc gov/master/pnp/cph/3g00000/3g08000/3g08700/3g08783u tif uncompressed archival TIFF version 49 MB cropped and converted to JPEG with the GIMP 2 4 5 image quality 88 1805-03-10 creator James Gillray No known restriction on publication LOC-image cph 3g08783 PD-old-100 James Gillray Sherry Wigs in art 1805 1805 cartoons Caricatures of William Pitt the Younger Richard Brinsley Sheridan 1800s political cartoons
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