File:Uncorking-Old-Sherry-Gillray.jpeg
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 1805James Gillray
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Alternative names |
James Gilray; Gillay; Gillray | ||
Description | British caricaturist and engraver | ||
Date of birth/death | 13 August 1756 | 1 June 1815 | |
Location of birth/death | London | London | |
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