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Fashionable-jockeyship / Js. Gy. ad vivam del. et fect.

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James Gillray
1756-1815

Fashionable-jockeyship / Js. Gy. ad vivam del. et fect.

[London] : Pubd. June 1st 1796 by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street, [1796]
etching, hand colored
image: 347 x 260 mm; plate mark: 365 x 265 mm; sheet: 374 x 275 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.149
Provenance

From the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Summary

Print shows Lady Jersey's bedroom, with Lady Jersey as an old hag in bed and the Prince of Wales at the foot of the bed riding astride Lord Jersey. The Prince holds up two fingers, saying "Buck! Buck! - how many Horns do I hold up?" while Lord Jersey responds, "E'en as many as you please!". On the wall behind them is a picture of Cupid piping to an old sow who dances on her hind-legs.

Associated names
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints