Georgey a’ Cock – Horse.

James Gillray

Georgey a’ Cock – Horse.

London, H Humphrey, nov. 23^rd. 1796

Etching

Original hand colouring

345 x 265 mm.

The name George Hanger is inscribed by the side of the title.

£550

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