Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Uncorking old sherry.
Call Number
D West 50/GC108/Box 08/Normal/Titles P-Z GA 2006.01477
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/td96k261x
Publisher
London : [s.n.], 1805/03/10.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1805
Extent
1 item ; plate 36.5 x 25.3 cm. sheet 37.3 x 29.4 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
References
Grego, pp. 317-318
Hill. Fashionable Contrasts, plate 42.
BM 10375
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Medium: Etchings, Aquatints, Hand coloring
Inscribed in plate, below: 'Uncorking Old Sherry // the hon Gent. thot 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 uncorks bursts all at once, into an Explosion of Froth & Air . . . See Mr. Pitts speech on ye Gen . . . Defence Bill. March 6th 1805.'
Provenance: Stamped on verso, "Princeton University // Library // Presented by // Dickson Q. Brown '95".
Signed in plate, lower center: "Js. Gillray inv & fect.".

Discovery Information

Subject
Burdette, Francis Sir 1770-1844—Caricatures and cartoons
Caricature
Erskine, Thomas Erskine Baron 1750-1823—Caricatures and cartoons
Fox, Charles James 1749-1806—Caricatures and cartoons
Grey, Charles Grey Earl 1764-1845—Caricatures and cartoons
Pitt, William 1759-1806—Caricatures and cartoons
Political cartoons—Great Britain—19th century
Prime ministers—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley 1751-1816—Caricatures and cartoons
Sidmouth, Henry Addington Viscount 1757-1844—Caricatures and cartoons
Tierney, George 1761-1830—Caricatures and cartoons
Windham, William 1750-1810—Caricatures and cartoons

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/04ddd3bf-a9de-46a1-a0c2-f389a53fa417/manifest