Georgey a' cock-horse [graphic].

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Title: Georgey a' cock-horse [graphic].
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Bohn, Henry G. 1796-1884, publisher.
Published / Created: [23 November 1796], ([printed 1851])
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Novr. 23rd 1796 by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Abstract: "George Hanger rides in profile to the left on a pony with a heavy body and short legs; his right foot thrust forward, the end of his bludgeon resting on the right toe. He wears a round hat tilted over the right eye, a striped neck-cloth, and prominent shirt-frill. Behind is the corner of (lower) 'Grosvenor Street', showing the door and a window of the famous coffee-house, 'The Mount', the name inscribed over the door."--British Museum catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Plate numbered '426' in upper right corner.
Restrike for Bohn's "Supressed plates." Cf. No. 8889 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v.7.
Printed on verso of: Gillray, James. A corner near the Bank, or, an example for fathers. Pubd. Sept. 26th, 1797, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street.
Provenance: Rockman; July 1958;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 34 x 26.5 cm, on sheet 42 x 29 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1851
Etchings England London 1851
Material: etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Hanger, George, 1751?-1824
Subject (Topic): Coffeehouses
Horses
Subjects: Hanger, George, 1751?-1824 > Caricatures and cartoons
Coffeehouses
Horses
England > 1851
England > London > 1851

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