Georgey a' cock-horse [graphic].

Description

Title: Georgey a' cock-horse [graphic].
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [23 November 1796]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Novr. 23d, 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 online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark on right and bottom edges.
Temporary local subject terms: Coffee house: The Mount.
Provenance: Sanders ; Sept. 1960.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 34.4 x 26.5 cm, on sheet 37 x 29 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1796
Etchings England London 1796
Watermarks (Paper) J. Whatman
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Hanger, George, 1751?-1824
Subjects: Hanger, George, 1751?-1824 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1796
England > London > 1796
J. Whatman
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

Access: Public
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