Georgey a' cock-horse [graphic].
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11860566
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.
1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 34.5 x 26.4 cm, on sheet 37.9 x 30.0 cm.
Watermark, partially trimmed: J. Whatman.
Mounted on leaf 29 of volume 9 of 12. - Provenance
- From a collection in twelve volumes probably compiled by Francis Harvey and sold at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 34.4 x 26.5 cm, on sheet 37 x 29 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 9
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- 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 And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- 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.
Identifiers
- Catalog Record
- 8108766
- Object ID (OID)
- 11860566
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