"An elderly man, bent to deformity, thin and shambling, in profile to the left, follows two flamboyant prostitutes who walk arm-in-arm, looking behind them. He supports himself on a walking-stick; from his pocket protrudes a book: 'Modest Prints'. The women's dresses trail on the pavement, but one lifts her skirt to display her legs. The background is formed of the massive stones at the corner of a high building."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Example for fathers
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered "428" in upper right corner., Printed on verso: Gillray, James. Georgey a'cock-horse. London: Pubd. Novr. 23d 1796 by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street., and Bohn's "Supressed plates"; restrike of no. 9083 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7.
Publisher:
Pubd. Sept. 26th, 1797, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
Title from letterpress caption below image., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Wood engraving with title and two columns of prose in letterpress below, on a broadside., Text below title begins: There has been a great outcry lately about the "beer grievance," and public attention has been specially invited ..., No. II in a series of five temperance placards; publisher's advertisement for others in the series printed at bottom of sheet., and Temporary local subject headings: Beer -- Spousal abuse -- Wives -- Husbands -- Children -- Poverty.
Publisher:
Printed for W. & F.G. Cash, 5, Bishopsgate Street Without; William Tweedie, 337, Strand
