Jockey

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James Gillray
1756-1815
Jockey
etching
image: 197 x 259 mm; plate mark: 211 x 263 mm; sheet: 221 x 272 mm
Peel 3141
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Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
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Title, attribution and date from Brtiish Museum online catalog.
"The horse is in Gillray's later manner. The man's profile and cap are crudely drawn, and suggest a failing brain and hand. According to a pencil note the plate was suppressed."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalog.

Summary: 

A jockey rides a galloping horse in open country. Cf. Brtiish Museum online catalog.

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