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Uncorking Old Sherry
''Uncorking Old Sherry'' is an 1805 satirical cartoon by the English caricaturist James Gillray. The title is a play on the drink sherry and the nickname of the playwright, theatre manager and politician Richard Brinsley Sheridan. The Irish-born Sheridan had long associated with the Whigs (British political party), Whig opposition, the print responded to a rambling speech he had recently made in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons against the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger. Following Pitt's death the following year Sheridan was made Treasurer of the Navy in the short-lived Ministry of All the Talents. Pitt is shown uncorking a bottle containing the head of Sheridan, releasing a series of old puns and attacks on the government. Shown on the opposition bench are other leaders of the Whig opposition including Charles James Fox. The work was reportedly originally dashed off by Gillray on a scrap of paper in a few ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Gillray
James Gillray (13 August 1756Gillray, James and Draper Hill (1966). ''Fashionable contrasts''. Phaidon. p. 8.Baptism register for Fetter Lane (Moravian) confirms birth as 13 August 1756, baptism 17 August 1756 1June 1815) was a British list of caricaturists, caricaturist and printmaking, printmaker famous for his etching, etched political and social satires, mainly published between 1792 and 1810. Many of his works are held at the National Portrait Gallery, London, National Portrait Gallery in London. Gillray has been called "the father of the political cartoon", with his works satirizing George III, Napoleon, prime ministers and generals. Regarded as one of the two most influential cartoonists, the other being William Hogarth, Gillray's wit and humour, knowledge of life, fertility of resource, keen sense of the ludicrous, and beauty of execution, at once gave him the first place among caricaturists. Early life He was born in Chelsea, London, Chelsea, London. His father had se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
