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Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "George IV attended by Colonel Mc_Mahon_"; lower right: "A black guard who always followed the Colonel to hold his horse | whe he dismounted, as he could not afford a groom"

Lettered, upper center: "A MORNING RIDE."; lower left: "Design'd by I:L:R.__Etched by J.s Gillray__"; lower center text divided into two columns, lower center left: " a | 'Yet aft a ragged Cowte's been known | b | 'to mak a noble Aiver; | 'So, Ye may doucely fill a Throne, | c | 'For a'their dish-ma-daver; | _a. A Colt _ b. A Horse _ c. Talk, or Bother_"; lower center right: " 'There, Him at Agincourt wha shone. | 'Few better were or braver; | 'An'yet wi'funny, queer sir John, | 'He was an unco shaver | 'For monie a day.' __ Burns.__"; lower right: "London, Published Feby 25th 1804 by H. Humphrey 27 St Jamess Street_"