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Fashionable jockeyship

James GILLRAY
Fashionable jockeyship
 1796

Medium
hand-coloured etching

Measurements
34.9 × 25.9 cm (image) 36.5 × 26.3 cm (plate) 49.1 × 32.3 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Richard Eager, 2009

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
London, England

Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: J.s (s in superscript above . ) G.y (y in superscript above . ) ad vivam del. et fec.t (t in superscript above . )
printed in ink l.l.: Pubd (d in superscript) June 1.st (st in superscript above . ) 1796 by H.Humphrey / New Bond Street –
printed in ink l.c.: FASHIONABLE-JOCKEYSHIP.
printed in ink l.r.: 30
printed (diagonally) in ink (in image) (in speech bubble) u.c.: Buck! Buck!_how many Horns / do I hold up?
printed (diagonally) in ink (in image) (in speech bubble) c.r.: E’en as many as you please!

Accession Number
2009.411

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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The Satirical Eye

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