1766184 Uncorking Old Sherry, 1805 (hand-coloured etching) by Gillray, James (1757-1815); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Additional Forces Bill of Prime Minister William Pitt (1759-1806) was opposed by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816) in a rambling speech described as \'a composition of satire and invective against Mr Pitt, which gave Mr Pitt an opportunity of breaking forth into a flow of eloquence, pointed repartee and severe animadversions on Mr Sheridan, which had great effect on the House\'. Pitt allegedly drank a bowl of Maderia beforehand hence \'uncooking old Sherry\'; ); English, out of copyright.