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Uncorking old sherry
published (1804)
plate 17 from London und Paris, vol. 14, published by F. J. Bertuch, Weimar, 1804
Medium
etching and aquatint
Measurements
31.2 × 23.8 cm (image) 40.0 × 26.2 cm (plate) 43.5 × 27.6 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1944
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Weimar, Germany
Catalogue/s Raisonné
BM Satires 10375A; Wright & Evans 293 (copy)
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.c.: J.s (s in superscript above . ) Gillray inv del
printed in ink l.c.: Uncorking = Old-Sherry.
printed in ink u.r.: N_o (o in superscript above _ ) XVII.
printed in ink (in image) u.l.-l.r.: (text exploding from bottles and on jar labels)
Accession Number
1265-4
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Humour and Satire Law, Civics and Protest
Subjects (specific)
caricatures members of Parliament parliaments (legislative bodies) Pitt, William political cartoons politics satire (artistic device) wine
Movements
Georgian