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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
H Beard Print Collection is a 10 by James Gillray, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
You see a print of William Pitt the Younger uncorking a bottle of old sherry. The scene is crowded with bottles and people. Pitt's return to office is shown with a bursting bottle, while others are depicted as spilled or intact bottles, representing their roles in politics. To learn more about satirical prints like this, look at the work of artist: Gillray, James.
The print *Uncorking Old Sherry* by James Gillray depicts William Pitt the Younger, returning as Prime Minister, uncorking a bottle labeled with Sheridan’s name, from which words of criticism emerge. The explosion symbolizes Pitt’s disdain for Sheridan’s lengthy speeches, while former Prime Minister Addington is represented as a spilled medicinal bottle. Sheridan’s Whig allies appear as bottles arranged on the House of Lords benches, and the print was published in London by Hannah Humphrey.
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James Gillray (13 August 1756 – 1 June 1815) was an English caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires, mainly published between 1792 and 1810.
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