Georgey a' cock-horse [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
- Published/Created:
- [London]
H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
1796 November 23 - Copyright Date:
- [23 November 1796]
- Physical Description:
- 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 34.4 x 26.5 cm, on sheet 37 x 29 cm
- Notes:
- Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Title etched below image. - 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.
- Topics:
- Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Hanger, George,--1751?-1824--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher. - Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Etchings--England--London--1796.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1796.
Watermarks (Paper)--J. Whatman.--CtY-BR - Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Access Restrictions:
- Public
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 9
- Orbis Record:
- 8108766
- Yale Collection:
- Beinecke Library
- Digital Collection:
- General Collection, BRBL, Yale University
- oid pointer:
- 11860638
- Citation:
- Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 8889
Wright, T. Historical and descriptive account of the caricatures by James Gillray, no. 426
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 215 - Extent of digitization:
- Complete folder digitized.
- OID:
- 11860566
- PID:
- digcoll:4051582
